scratching out
Example Sentences
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Just 10% of Kenyan workers have formal jobs, meaning millions, especially young people, are scratching out a living on the edges of the economy, according to the World Bank.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 9, 2025
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
He was busy scratching out some kind of essay.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
