Use of scraping in Sentences. 29 Examples

The examples include scraping at the start of sentence, scraping at the end of sentence and scraping in the middle of sentence

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scraping at the start of sentence


  1. Scraping away patiently in soil with their fingers, the team of scientists discovered the ruins of an ancient civilization.

scraping at the end of sentence


  1. Remove any heavy loose soil by scraping.
  2. The waiter showed us to our table with much bowing and scraping.

scraping in the middle of sentence


  1. There was a scraping and a clink.
  2. We're barely scraping by on my salary.
  3. She is scraping the path clear of snow.
  4. We could hear her scraping away at the violin.
  5. He spent all day scraping paint off the walls.
  6. I could hear his pen scraping across the paper.
  7. He hears a scraping sound: a chair being moved.
  8. Remove the skin by scraping with a sharp knife.
  9. The lorry shaved the barrier, scraping its side.
  10. She stumbled and fell, scraping her palms and knees.
  11. He flinched when something moved, scraping, behind him.
  12. You could hear his toenails scraping along the sidewalk.
  13. I can't bear the sound of chalk scraping on a blackboard.
  14. She went round the car scraping the frost off the windows.
  15. Richard's in the team? - You really are scraping the barrel!
  16. Patrick lifted the gate to prevent it scraping along the ground.
  17. Our dog used to escape by scraping through the bars of his fence.
  18. The only sound is that of knives and forks scraping against china.
  19. Jail got into the music school by scraping through the examination.
  20. The car hurtled past us, scraping the wall and screeching to a halt.
  21. It's embarrassing to see staff bowing and scraping to the new director.
  22. It was so windy that the branches were scraping against the window panes.
  23. I was woken up by the noise of branches scraping against my bedroom window.
  24. It was clear that the party was scraping the barrel for competent politicians.
  25. The children always loved scraping out the bowl in which we had mixed the cake.
  26. There was a scraping sound as she dragged the heels of her shoes along the pavement.

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