scritch

Example Sentences

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One of the most delightful sounds to a cat lover is their feline friend’s rumbling noise when they get a little scritch behind the ears.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 3, 2023

I heard a scritch from the back and turned to see a fat furry shape streak over a seatback.

From Nature • Jul. 31, 2013

They made no sound outside the rustle of paper and the scritch of folds.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

That’s what I tell him, boys—I ain’t going to fight you—and he said, ‘You will do what I tells you to do,’ and scritch and scratch and done.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

The scritch of Macon’s broom paused for a minute.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn