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
“We call it scratching out a line,” McNeill said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
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
I been practicing what I’m gonna say to Miss Cook, scratching out lines in my head that don’t work.
From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome
