Example Sentences

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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

“We are scraping to find the resources and personnel needed to provide support to Texas and other jurisdictions.”

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2025

The scale of Everton's financial mismanagement over recent years means they are scraping around in the bargain basement.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2023

A few years later, the war is over, Elena is pregnant and she and Silvio are scraping by in Rome, where he writes for a left-wing newspaper.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2023

I say, “Calvin, you are scraping a trail.”

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor