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Example sentences for "scrape"

Lexicographically close words:
scran; scrannel; scrap; scrapbook; scrapbooks; scraped; scraper; scrapers; scrapes; scraping
  1. Lift by 2 corners; do not scrape E S along on F B; do not allow E S to touch your clothing.

  2. Scrape the insulation from 4 pieces of copper wire, each about 8 in.

  3. Straighten the hairpins and scrape the coating off with sandpaper or a file.

  4. Scrape the insulation from the ends of the wires for about 1-1/2 inches, then twist the bare ends around the connectors as shown in Fig.

  5. A) Thoroughly charge E R, then scrape it along upon I T, noting the action of the leaves, L.

  6. The stores provide our every need, yet many a time I wish Our kids could know that bygone thrill and scrape the frosting dish.

  7. If we get out of this scrape all right, I'll give my attention to this new gang who have rallied around Fred Flemming, for he is evidently the leader.

  8. It is better to scrape the cheese than to peel it.

  9. They'll swear anything when their blood's up; and there's never any telling what kind of a scrape a man may get himself into with them.

  10. We hold him harmless, and he is satisfied to get out of a serious scrape without a scratch.

  11. I put as much money on that horse as ever I can scrape together, and when the race is over, there I am with my pockets full.

  12. If it hadn't been for that, how do you think I could have got you out of your scrape to-night?

  13. This was a little better; but the only thing that produced any real effect was to boil them, and then scrape them with a knife while they were still warm.

  14. When there was none of this toilet preparation to be had, we found the next best plan was to scrape our skin with a knife.

  15. At that moment there was the scrape of a chair.

  16. I made a scrape with my foot on the sand and dropped a low bow.

  17. With a sick bear on their hands, Mrs. Yocomb and Miss Adah were in a worse scrape than I.

  18. Thee didn't know what an awful scrape I was getting thee into when I brought thee home from meeting.

  19. She blamed herself bitterly for her own folly in having got herself into a scrape which might lead to serious consequences.

  20. Even Madame d'Argy asked herself whether her son might not have escaped from the cruel claws of a young coquette of the new school to fall into a worse scrape with a married woman.

  21. Mon dieu, FĂ©lix, you have got me into a nice scrape with your eternal chanting of the praises of Monsieur.

  22. He crushed the seal in his fingers, and took the knife-point to scrape the wax away.

  23. We distinctly heard his claws scrape the hard, smooth rock.

  24. We returned to camp early, and I took occasion to scrape acquaintance with the dogs.

  25. I had just enough energy left to scrape up a huge, soft pile of pine needles upon which to make our bed.

  26. Hang the head up in the outhouse and scrape and clean at leisure.

  27. Scrape it carefully first with a knife, then with glass, then with very fine glasspaper and water, or bath-brick and oil; next with rottenstone and oil.

  28. Then take it out and scrape it well from any fat; skin the ears on the inside and plunge it into a hot solution of one part salt and two parts alum, and let it soak well in.

  29. One man sets his heart on making money, and cares for nothing but that; breaks God's law for that, as if that was the thing to which he was a debtor, bound by some law which he could not avoid to scrape and scrape money together for ever.

  30. I wonder if she'll go to our school," thought Dolly; and for a moment the impulse seized her to stop and "scrape acquaintance.

  31. Come along, and scrape acquaintance with the little girl.

  32. I rather guess if you get in a scrape like that, I've got a right to help you out.

  33. Scrape half a cake of good chocolate, which put into a stewpan, and moisten by degrees with a pint of warm milk and cream, when well dissolved mix with the yolks of eggs, and finish as before.

  34. But none of them have been here since they heard that he got into a scrape before he went away.

  35. No doubt, he thinks he can talk over a silly woman, and scrape his way back to respectable society by marrying my daughter; but no--not if I know it!

  36. I hope he is not much hurt: we may get into a scrape if he is.

  37. The only way he could get out of the scrape was to surrender to the chief steward, and in due time be handed over to the agent of his guardian.

  38. If the mistress of the house dusts the chambers, the maid may now wash the dishes; if not, she may scrape them and leave them to soak in warm water while she goes back to her dusting and cleans and arranges the bath-room.

  39. Clear the table, scrape dishes and put them in water.

  40. First came a tirade of the fiercest abuse and this soon led into a regular knock-down fight, which speedily developed into a shooting-scrape lasting several hours.

  41. The trouble is that too many of us are apt to think we can't get away from what appears to be a bad scrape without coming to blows; but in nine cases out of ten that isn't the truth.

  42. The "Kid" and Tom O'Phalliard were the only ones who came out of this scrape unhurt.

  43. I had a little love scrape while loafing in Las Cruces.

  44. We found the citizens of White Oaks to be sociable and kind; and everything went on lovely with the exception of a shooting scrape between a School teacher and "Big foot.

  45. You must get out of the scrape by yourself.


  46. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "scrape" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.