scrape out

Example Sentences

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Finger marks inside some jars suggest looters tried to scrape out the contents as completely as possible.

From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2025

“There’s so many different challenges that we go to try to bottle them up and limit as many as we can just to try to scrape out some wins, you know,” Russell said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2024

But a technician discovered that if they used a spatula to hold open a flap, they could scrape out much of the grit with tweezers.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 11, 2023

There are notable differences between a program that is just trying to scrape out six wins and get to a bowl game and one that is contending for championships and titles.

From Washington Times • Oct. 10, 2023

I have to scrape out the last bit of bravery hiding in my bones.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender