Example Sentences

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For Fogelman, “The Land” is scratching a creative itch he’s felt since childhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

Writer and broadcaster Danny Robins says he is "scratching an itch for all of us" by delving into the spooky world of the paranormal, in his upcoming TV series Uncanny.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2023

“What we’ve seen in our studies is scratching activates the reward system of the brain,” says Yosipovitch.

From Slate • Sep. 23, 2023

“I think this paper is scratching the surface of what we don’t know. … To have cloud-related findings so robust is sort of unusual, in my experience.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2021

She is scratching a mosquito bite on her neck, and my heart skips a beat, for she looks as if she has never heard of him.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George