Sentence examples for scraping up from inspiring English sources

Scraping up the remains of dead animals is his least favourite task.

Even so, Mr. Lodato struggled on, scraping up enough work to make the payments on time.

Quarter and set aside. 3 Make the dressing by scraping up the remaining spiced cooking oil.

Scraping up whatever sticks to the bottom, add stock, mushrooms and Worcestershire.

In the video, shot by Brandon Holmes, in Chicago, she is in a laundromat, where she remembers "scraping up" quarters.

And he gets into the issue of trawling, in which boats drop weighted nets to the bottom and drag them along, scraping up everything in their path.

Most of the rest of his day was spent sitting outside the One Stop Deli or scraping up a dollar or two where he could.

I hit the phones and banged some heads together and, by scraping up an extra £100 deposit, Lorna got a transfer.

Maintenance workers trudged doggedly to and fro, scraping up the fresh snow that was already caking and turning brown under the feet of pedestrians.

Islanders General Manager Mike Milbury said before the game that the team's health had a higher priority than scraping up some momentum before a playoff series this week against top-seeded Ottawa.

But somehow, many of Herat's men seem to be scraping up enough cash for another hot commodity on Pay Hassar Street -- pictures, akin to baseball cards, of mostly Indian actresses and singers.