scrabble

Example Sentences

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“It was louder and closer; it was no longer a single belligerent hum glinting with accents of brass; it had diversified into a rolling scrabble of anger, holiday high spirits and sports crowd roar.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 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

Speaking to Newsbeat down the coast from Dundee at Edinburgh's Portobello Beach, she says there's been "this sort of scrabble for the next big personality".

From BBC • May 30, 2023

I go downstairs and scrabble around in the kitchen drawer for the card that Detective Riley left.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins