scraping

Example Sentences

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"If you have ever stuck ur gum onto these walls, we have beef," one employee wrote alongside a video of her scraping pieces of gum off the walls during her shift.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Now software stocks are scraping themselves off the floor—but are still behind the curve as big investors stick with what has worked.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

It’s no small feat scraping up money for rent.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

The good news — and we’re really scraping bottom here calling it that — is that the $5 limits the audience.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

To Taran’s amazement the brambles began to shudder as though being pushed from inside; then, with much scraping and snapping of twigs, the whole mass opened a crack.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander