scrabble

Example Sentences

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Bruno Fernandes, perhaps the only United player to have done himself justice this season, pulled one back from the penalty spot after Casemiro was kicked during a frantic scrabble.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

Lee wanted wealth and stability, not to scrabble around in obscurity hoping to beat impossibly long odds.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2024

“Imagine you have scrabble tiles that spell out ‘Powerball.’

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2023

Like my parents and many others I knew in the South Bronx, they scrabble to hang on and perhaps wonder if anyone sees or hears their distress.

From Salon • Jul. 9, 2023

Another scrabble as the ship’s cat gathered his back paws for a sudden leap.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck