Sentence examples for i scrambled for from inspiring English sources

I scrambled for the phone, but it was too late.

Therefore, as I scrambled for my walking stick, I cried out, "Shesheeb!

So he announced that this was probably it and I scrambled for a plane ticket.

As another day and another chapter loomed, I scrambled for the pieces to this amorphous creature.

Something was very wrong and I scrambled for a graceful way to stop speaking before I started to perseverate like some crazy woman on a psychiatric ward.

So I scrambled for alternatives, booking a US Airways flight to Milwaukee via Charlotte on Thursday ($149.90) and a direct Frontier Airlines flight back from Milwaukee on Sunday ($186.20).

I scramble for ways to choose among the cities if I have to.

I scramble for child care plans when school is called off, I cry (O.K., curse) when an unruly wind hurls a tree branch onto my car and I hurry to corral kids out of a pool at thunder's first call.

In general, I scramble for a seat, like most of the media pack.

I scrambled around looking for kids.

I scrambled to raise funds for Lamby's medical care -- no donation was too small, even $5 would help, and an astonishing number of people came forward.