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scrape
noun as in bad or embarrassing situation
verb as in scratch, remove outer layer
Example Sentences
Back in the PG25 community hub in John Wood Street, volunteer Addie Williams is enjoying a free coffee after a morning "scraping out shop doorways".
Defense attorneys said Ramos-Brito sustained multiple contusions on his face, neck and back and had cuts and scrapes on his body from being dragged across the pavement later.
The arrowhead painfully “scrapes against the underside of her shoulder blade every time she moves,” according to DonkeyLand.
They confuse cruelty with bravery and kindness with weakness while scraping and bowing before their dark lord Donny.
"So I think human civilization has an element of that too, and we will scrape through."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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