Sentence examples for scrape of from inspiring English sources

At 10 30 there's a universal scrape of chairs.

A spark caused by the scrape of metal on metal could cause a fire, Capt.

The medieval dungeon: the scrape of shackles, the screams of agony, the groans of despair.

Let's spoil ourselves with a scrape of low-fat cheese spread on a dark rye cracker!

I hear the plows circling all night, the scrape of blades as regular as church bells.

A tentative violoncello is playing, invisible and plaintive, then stops with an asthmatic scrape of catgut.

I can hear the scrape of tins against my Formica worktop.

He could tell if someone was out of his seat by the scrape of a chair.

The scrape of the front door hurled him to his feet.

But one suspects that beneath lies the true hitch and scrape of Woodcock and Alma's relationship.

He hears a distant noise (meant to be the scrape of a chair, Mr. Berkey said).