scrounge
verb (used with object)
to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it.
was scrounging
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past progressiveof scrounge.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Broke, Garces says, “I was scrounging quarters and buying whatever I could get my hands on.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2022
I called her first, and she didn’t answer because she couldn’t find her phone, but I knew she was scrounging around her purse for it, so I kept calling until she finally picked up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2021
Even before Shumway got more detailed direction from her school, she was scrounging up ways to use her medical knowledge outside of a patient care environment.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2020
Just a few years ago, the sardine factory in her hometown of Lubec had closed and Keene was scrounging for a living digging clams and gathering periwinkles from the beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2017
“But in New York we gave up those old habits long ago. Harry is my oldest friend. He lives with me over in the drain pipe. So how was scrounging tonight, Harry?”
From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden
