Sentence examples for scrambled to interpret from inspiring English sources

"Iraqis are so goosey," General Haig drawled on Fox News, which, like other news channels, scrambled to interpret an image of the Baghdad skyline, "it might just be a flock of bats".

The decision on Wednesday, by Judge Jed S. Rakoff of Federal District Court in Manhattan, has sent citizens' groups, lawyers, administrators and environmentalists at federal and state agencies scrambling to interpret the ruling, and to minimize what they fear could be a rush by shipping operations to apply for dumping permits under the prior, less stringent standard.

Legislatures scrambled to enact laws.

I scrambled to my feet.

The bank scrambled to react.

Japanese interceptor jets scrambled to confront it.

Wall Street firms scrambled to compete.

Madly, I scrambled to the site.

The company scrambled to find replacements.

The newcomers scrambled to find housing.

Her mother scrambled to find work.