- present participle of scrape.
scraping
Example Sentences
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"There are so many people struggling to get by. Some months, we are really scraping the pennies and it can be difficult."
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026
And this time, salvaging draws and scraping a point isn’t an option.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026
I mean, people have been scraping the whole web since the first search engine.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026
Now software stocks are scraping themselves off the floor—but are still behind the curve as big investors stick with what has worked.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
I snatched the disc, scraping it against the plastic as the tray slid shut.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
