Example Sentences

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"We were disappointed in the summer, we got scrummed and we don’t like being scrummed," George told BBC 5 Live.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2024

As Richard Nixon limbered up for the ceremonial toss, every player on the Yankees and Senators scrummed in front of his first base box, jockeying to catch the ball.

From Washington Times • Mar. 25, 2020

Aides and relatives scrummed around Huckabee; the only child present was Sarah, then thirteen.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 17, 2018

At least 17 media outlets set up broadcast cameras on the cafeteria’s left side, anticipating the coaches’ suspension, and ​reporters scrummed to any teenage football player who would talk.

From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2014

All day long its devotees "scrummed" and "shoved" for the coveted trophies.

From The Siege of Kimberley by Phelan, T.