was scrounging
- past progressive of scrounge.
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
By the end of the first week, I was scrounging at the bottom of the barrel for deals to make.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
