Sentence examples for failed to scrape together from inspiring English sources

Earlier this month, top officials at Long Island Bus warned the county that it could jeopardize federal transportation grants if it failed to scrape together matching funds, said Mark Young, the budget director for the Democratic majority in the county Legislature.

There are lots of ways it could happen: people might lose their papers, fail to scrape together rocketing visa fees, or fail to keep up with ever-changing immigration rules.

If it fails, it will have to scrape together a patchwork team for the B Pool tournament in November, when the National Hockey League, college and minor leagues are all in full swing, in a last effort to stay in the A Pool.

Some go hungry to scrape together the makings of an ostentatious outfit.

He did not win the first year, but managed to scrape together enough money to go back.

She had 10 days to scrape together nearly $1,800.

They've managed to scrape together $40,000 in the past two years.

We've had to scrape together whatever we can.

His mother has tried to scrape together some money to get him off the street.

But they were just able to scrape together the March payment, delivering it two weeks late.

It's taken that long to scrape together and borrow the money for the trip.