scrape off
Example Sentences
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The corps will scrape off up to six inches of soil from the burn area, but will not provide soil testing.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025
When born, baby caecilians — legless amphibians that look like a mash-up of a snake and a worm — use their tiny hook-shaped teeth to scrape off their mother’s skin and feast.
From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2023
I practically lived at my babysitter’s house then, so I used to go into her kitchen and grab a teaspoon, and angle it enough to scrape off this sugary top.
From Salon • Jul. 1, 2023
They scrape off letters and use temporary paper tags and even retractor mechanisms.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2022
But it was a love that like a pan of syrup kept too long on the stove, had cooked out leaving only its odor and a hard, sweet sludge, impossible to scrape off.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
