was scraping
- past progressive of scrape.
Example Sentences
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"Almost every company doing AI, from start-ups to some of the biggest corporations on Earth, was scraping vast amounts of data," Mr Musk added in his tweet.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2023
New York’s economy was scraping bottom; infrastructurally, the town was a mess.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
It was January, and she was scraping by on $443 a month in food stamps.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2022
Cross, who wasn’t working because of her ailing back and knees, was scraping by on roughly $200 a month in aid plus whatever she could make from recycling bottles and cans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2022
She was scraping at the mud on her bare legs.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
