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

Claudine Singer, 72, brings knee pads so she can crouch in the street to scrape out the gutters with a metal claw.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025

Each has consequences on the longer-term lifespan of whatever intimacies their characters can scrape out for themselves.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2024

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

Kingshaw dropped his own stone, in silence, bent down, and began to scrape out a hollow in the ground.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill