scratch the surface
Example Sentences
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“But then you scratch the surface a bit more and you look at things like electricity prices.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026
The 13 films below only scratch the surface of Corman’s huge filmography, but they do provide a glimpse into his ambition and his sensibility as both a director and a micro studio boss.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2024
People move here for the green spaces and transport links, but scratch the surface and many are angry.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2024
"Considering that the vast majority of reductases encoded by gut bacteria remain functionally uncharacterized, identified metabolisms may only scratch the surface of interactions between respiratory reductases and the gut metabolome," the study authors wrote.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2024
Mateo says, which doesn’t really scratch the surface on who they are to me, but I let it slide because this is so wild even Mateo is tearing up for me.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
