Example Sentences

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Jack dispensed with the card entirely and scrounged up only $2 from his room, which he handed to Finn with an unceremonious “here.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

He scrounged together stopgap university funding and outside donations to keep the operation running “on fumes,” vowing “to go down swinging.”

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025

In the end, the Sheriff’s Department said it scrounged up nearly 100 buses, borrowing from nearby counties, the state prison system and the local public transit system in case the winds shifted.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2025

In Jabaliya, a refugee camp near Gaza City, families scrounged for mallow leaves to make a thin broth to break the daily Ramadan fast.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2024

Sighing, I scrounged my finances journal out from under my pillow and tried to figure out what I could afford at the market.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros