- present participle of scrounge.
scrounging
Example Sentences
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Of late, investors scrounging for stocks have preferred junk —smaller companies with poor fundamentals and exorbitant valuations—over quality companies with healthy sales and earnings growth, solid balance sheets, and more attractive prices.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
Macron’s government is currently scrounging for tens-of-billions in cost savings as it tries to rein in the government’s budget deficit, which reached 5.8% of economic output last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
His insatiable appetite for dominance of both government and industry will always leave him scrounging for more.
From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2025
In the oil-rich North African nation, business owners are rumored to be dumping their assets and scrounging up euros on the black market so their wealth isn’t stuck.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
And in the same world of peoples there are other peoples who have to crawl in the dirt scrounging for a measly piece of garbage to eat.
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
