Sentence examples for were left scrambling from inspiring English sources

Shippers were left scrambling.

Importers, which sell contracts to supply hazelnuts throughout the year, were left scrambling for nuts to meet their orders.

Retailers had ordered their autumn stock well before that agreement was signed, and many were left scrambling to find alternative suppliers.

Some relatives and friends of the American snowboarder Hannah Teter, the defending halfpipe gold medalist, were left scrambling for tickets to her competition on Thursday.

In the press box, Alabama officials were left scrambling to find out if the Crimson Tide had ever squandered a 24-point lead.

Many members were stunned, and were left scrambling for cover as other Serbs began to demand a wholesale accounting for the abuses of power over the last decade.

The district government has been left scrambling to catch up.

Politicians including himself have been left "scrambling for appropriate analogies".

His suddenly embarrassed public relations staff was left scrambling.

As it is, the manager is left scrambling.

Pharmaceutical giants have been left scrambling for some kind of redemption.