scrounge
Example Sentences
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“I don’t suppose we’ll be able to scrounge up some more by morning,” he said.
From Literature
Many wandering souls were eager to meet their destiny, which was most assuredly better than their scrounging, struggling existence in this world.
From Literature
The group came together at Sedalia, Mo., high school, scrounged up money and bought a caboose from a local salvage yard.
She was on a constant scrounge, her trunk searching ahead of her.
From Literature
Held together with scrounged parts and ingenuity, Iran’s aging jets are falling in dogfights.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
