had scrounged
- past perfect of scrounge.
Example Sentences
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They had scrounged a small amount of fresh food for the evening meal.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2024
She said they had scrounged together their savings, leaving behind their oldest daughter, one of their mothers and their farm with a milking cow and chickens.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2022
The block workers spent Christmas Eve in a driving snow delivering gift packs they had scrounged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2016
I had scrounged up the money for a flight to get back, but I had not money for a hotel room.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 6, 2015
He gave us ten minutes to dress, then he came in carrying a broom, a hammer, and a sack full of tin can lids he had scrounged somewhere.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
