Sentence examples for scratch against from inspiring English sources

Donald Driver, a healthy scratch against the Vikings last week, will play tonight.

Although the injury did not appear serious, he was a game-time scratch against the Jets.

The sounds of teeth, bones, lungs, skin and eyes (undergoing laser surgery) all scratch against a jazzy house backdrop.

First baseman Ike Davis, who has three hits in his last 20 at-bats, was a healthy scratch against Minor.

Erik Christensen, a healthy scratch against Anaheim on Wednesday, played in Avery's place and scored the game's first goal, finishing off the superb cycling he had done with his linemates, Vinny Prospal and Marian Gaborik, and defenseman Michael Sauer.

These can scratch against your burn, which will be very painful.

And, soon enough, I saw iron scratches against the clear blue sky.

His place among the Devils' forwards was taken by BRENDAN MORRISON, who had been scratched against the Rangers.

The chickens' feet scratched against the tin, and their heads banged loudly over and over against the wall as their nervous systems went on postmortem autopilot.

The sound of a pencil scratching against paper intrudes, as if his mother had begun immediately to find a reason to criticize.

Many imported safety matches were of poor quality and often failed to ignite when scratched against the side of the box.