Example Sentences

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“I could be arrested by the junta anytime if I returned to the hospital,” added the doctor, who was part of the disobedience movement and has been treating patients with supplies he has scrounged.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2021

The goats eat limp carrots and cabbage his father has scrounged outside restaurants, and one of them has been draped in an old military jacket for warmth.

From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2019

As for their personal lives, details are scarce; but Roos has scrounged a few tantalizing titbits.

From Nature • Oct. 8, 2018

Before filling up, he puts the oil he has scrounged through this.

From Economist • Dec. 1, 2011

Gustimirovic has no home save the small couch he sleeps on and the coffeemaker he has scrounged and placed neatly in what must have been the chalet's laundry room.

From Time Magazine Archive