SCRAPE in a Sentence
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94 example sentences for SCRAPE, such as:
1. Don't scrape the plate, Scarlett.
2. Your pig may get you into a scrape.
3. He scraped the potatoes before frying.
4. She is scraping the path clear of snow.
5. She scraped the rust off the kitchen knife.
2. Your pig may get you into a scrape.
3. He scraped the potatoes before frying.
4. She is scraping the path clear of snow.
5. She scraped the rust off the kitchen knife.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SCRAPE
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scrape
v. scratch repeatedly
v. bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
Classic Sentence: (74 in 5 pages)
1 Don't scrape the plate, Scarlett.
2 If we could scrape up half a dozen we might give a real play with a small cast.
3 Let us scrape the ice from our frosted feet, and see what sort of a place this "Spouter" may be.
4 Grandmother told him she was sure the Lord had remembered these things to his credit, and had helped him out of many a scrape when he didn't realize that he was being protected by Providence.
5 There were men to scrape each side and men to scrape the back; there were men to clean the carcass inside, to trim it and wash it.
6 There were men to cut it, and men to split it, and men to gut it and scrape it clean inside.
7 They at length said, that they had learned I had been in a "scrape," and that I was to be examined before my master; and if their information proved false, I should not be hurt.
8 So, have good courage, friend George; this isn't the first ugly scrape that I've been in with thy people, said Phineas, as he closed the door.
9 He made several efforts to creep out of his scrape, but the old man's eye was upon him and he made blunder after blunder.
10 This time it's for the Welshman and his sons, on account of that scrape they helped her out of the other night.
11 WE went tiptoeing along a path amongst the trees back towards the end of the widow's garden, stooping down so as the branches wouldn't scrape our heads.
12 Your pig may get you into a scrape.
13 Good man,' cried he, 'pray get me out of this scrape.
14 He did appear much disturbed when he read the letter that had brought me into this scrape.
15 Perhaps I am; but one thing I have resolved on, and that is, to stop at nothing to restore a poor devil to liberty, who has got into this scrape solely from having served me.
Example Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1 They were so close together that I don't know how it was able to scrape through.
2 I'll have to scrape together some money for a sight-seeing trip.
3 If we can get a draw, we might scrape through.
4 I manage to scrape a living by selling my pictures.
5 We went tiptoeing along a path amongst the trees, stooping down so as the branches wouldn't scrape our heads.
6 A little solace came at tea-time, in the shape of a double ration of bread--a whole, instead of a half, slice--with the delicious addition of a thin scrape of butter.
7 You have to scrape the wallpaper off before painting the wall.
8 She carefully scraped away the top layer of paint.
9 He scraped the potatoes before frying.
10 I scraped by borrowing from my relations until my next check arrived.
11 She scraped the rust off the kitchen knife.
12 Emily scraped away the dead leaves to reveal the tiny shoot of a new plant.
13 In dry dock, we scraped off the incrustation of dirt and barnacles that covered the hull of the ship.
14 It was so windy that the branches were scraping against the window panes.
15 She is scraping the path clear of snow.