Sentence examples for as a scratch from inspiring English sources

The phrase "as a scratch" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English
It may be intended to refer to something related to a scratch, but without context, it is unclear when it could be used. Example: "He treated the injury as a scratch, but it was much more serious than that."

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Above all, no one – not a suspect nor a spy – picked up so much as a scratch throughout the operation.

I had lived through everything, shootings and bomb blasts, and I had never gotten so much as a scratch.

When he was announced as a scratch today, he received a loud welcome from the capacity Coliseum crowd.

Carroll not only escaped from U.S.C.'s burning house without so much as a scratch, he was rewarded: more money, greater authority, better athletes.

In Belfort's, it is Belfort causing the car accidents (and the helicopter accidents, and the yacht accidents), and he walks away without so much as a scratch.

She was quietly proud of the fact that she managed to land each and every one, whatever the weather, without so much as a scratch.

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Since tungsten is harder than gold alloys and is hypoallergenic, it is used as a scratch-resistant alternative to gold or platinum in jewelry.

Or when a young kid uses your window screen as a scratching post and almost breaks the window in the process.

The circle is fenced off from livestock, but there is another neolithic stone alignment in a field across the road, which sheep favour as a scratching post.

Take the cellphone a customer's cat used as a scratching post (bad kitty!) or the cellphone another customer placed atop sodas in an ice chest to keep it cool (bad condensation!).

Lindy Williams found plenty of pleasure in the Really Useful Gift Company catalogue, which includes a mock-up of a DJ's record deck for your cat to use as a scratching toy.

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