Sentence examples for scratch themselves from inspiring English sources

So when you asked me earlier this month to return for a couple weeks while you took your second holiday of 2015, I cheerfully agreed because the snugglecats have itchy tummies and THOSE TUMMIES AIN'T GONNA SCRATCH THEMSELVES.

"They scratch themselves without losing their balance.

"They might scratch themselves on metal," Mr. Kubo explained.

In response to the irritation and itchiness, children often scratch themselves until their skin is crusty and raw.

Some scratch themselves, he said, and one "threatened to swallow their tongue, which is impossible, and yet he attracted attention".

Wild Asian elephants use branches to swat flies or scratch themselves, sometimes modifying the tool to make it more effective.

The beasts were scratching themselves as if the sand really irritated them.

One by one, the beasts sat down, scratching themselves and nursing small wounds.

They were constantly moping around the block with glassy eyes, scratching themselves, and muttering.

Tool use in elephants involves holding branches and scratching themselves in places that the trunk and tail cannot reach.

Dominant males suffered no altered behaviour, whereas subordinates scratched themselves, shook their heads incessantly and ground their teeth.