SCRAPING in a Sentence
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94 example sentences for SCRAPING, such as:
1. He scraped the potatoes before frying.
2. She is scraping the path clear of snow.
3. She scraped the rust off the kitchen knife.
4. There was a scraping noise on the back porch.
5. All that bowing and scraping did not impress him.
2. She is scraping the path clear of snow.
3. She scraped the rust off the kitchen knife.
4. There was a scraping noise on the back porch.
5. All that bowing and scraping did not impress him.
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Meanings and Examples of SCRAPING
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scraping
n. (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected
n. a harsh noise made by scraping
Classic Sentence: (74 in 5 pages)
1 'You must excuse it,' he added, turning to Arkady, and scraping with his foot; 'you understand, a woman's weakness; and well, a mother's heart.'
2 And Vassily Ivanovitch went bustling forward, scraping and flapping with his slippers trodden down at heel.
3 And I, of course, shall be panic-stricken as usual, I shall begin bowing and scraping before her and pulling my dressing-gown round me, I shall begin smiling, telling lies.
4 came the sounds of animated feminine voices, interrupting one another and mingling with the rustling of dresses and the scraping of chairs.
5 Their chairs made a scraping noise as the gentlemen who had conferred rose with apparent relief, and began walking up and down, arm in arm, to stretch their legs and converse in couples.
6 "Oh, she'd never leave us as long as you needed her," he returned, scraping hard at his chin.
7 There was a scraping noise on the back porch.
8 She could hear Madame Antoine's heavy, scraping tread as she walked back and forth on the sanded floor.
9 "You take the first throw," said Alfred; and the brothers were soon lost in the game, and heard no more till the scraping of horses' feet was heard under the verandah.
10 When I returned with the pistol the table had been cleared, and Holmes was engaged in his favourite occupation of scraping upon his violin.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
11 the writer, scraping in the dunghill for sixpenny fame.
12 I had stooped and was scraping at this to see exactly what it was when I heard a muttered exclamation in German and saw the cadaverous face of the colonel looking down at me.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
13 Mr Casey struggled up from his chair and bent across the table towards her, scraping the air from before his eyes with one hand as though he were tearing aside a cobweb.
14 During the writing lesson he sat with his arms folded, listening to the slow scraping of the pens.
15 He continued scraping his feet vigorously while the three women went upstairs, laughing, to the ladies' dressing-room.
Example Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1 It was so windy that the branches were scraping against the window panes.
2 She is scraping the path clear of snow.
3 Patrick lifted the gate to prevent it scraping along the ground.
4 I can't bear the sound of chalk scraping on a blackboard.
5 He came down the steps with his jacket flapping and his cheeks still ruddy from the scraping of the razor.
6 He then showed us how to strip the bark from the logs in sheets, rather than just scraping it off in the usual way.
7 All that bowing and scraping did not impress him.
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 They were so close together that I don't know how it was able to scrape through.
15 I'll have to scrape together some money for a sight-seeing trip.