scratching out
Example Sentences
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Mr. Sokolov and co-writer Alex Litvak barely bother with scratching out the crudest imaginable dialogue, which is unfortunate because they fancy themselves the creators of a sociopolitical satire along the lines of “Get Out.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
I would exercise my First Amendment right to free speech—but in the old-fashioned way: by scratching out pamphlets with a quill pen and handing them out on the street.
From Slate ● May 8, 2024
In between are the workaday yarns of aspiring auteurs scratching out a living at the bottom rungs of the movie business.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
If you go to the main Hamburg train station, then you’ll see a lot of those people scratching out their existence.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 1, 2023
“Everyone else gets to carve theirs,” I said, pointing to all the other kids who were busy scratching out big evil eyes and teeth with their unsharp baby knives.
From "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key" by Jack Gantos
