scrounge

Example Sentences

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The group came together at Sedalia, Mo., high school, scrounged up money and bought a caboose from a local salvage yard.

From The Wall Street Journal

She was on a constant scrounge, her trunk searching ahead of her.

From Literature

Held together with scrounged parts and ingenuity, Iran’s aging jets are falling in dogfights.

From The Wall Street Journal

Many of the planes are museum pieces, kept flying with scrounged parts and pluck, and stand little chance against modern warplanes.

From The Wall Street Journal

I scrounged for more straw on the ground, all the little bits I could pick up.

From Literature