- scrape
- 01. Some animals eat tiny algae which they [scrape] off the rocks.02. She fell down, and [scraped] her knees.03. "I hate butter," the child cried as he tried to [scrape] it off his sandwich.04. They finally managed to [scrape] enough money together to buy a used sofa for their tiny apartment.05. Kenichi [scraped] his new car on the fence while backing out of the driveway.06. I worked for over 2 hours [scraping] the old paint off this chair, but look how nice the wood is underneath.07. The doctor just [scraped] a few cells off my tongue to test for the virus.08. They managed to [scrape] a living out of their little corner store for over 25 years.09. Martha [scraped] her knee while climbing out of the swimming pool.10. I [scraped] the wax off my snowboard when I returned home from Whistler.11. The little girl didn't want any jam on her toast, so she used her knife to [scrape] it off.12. It took us days to [scrape] the old paint off the house before we could repaint it.13. The best way to remove a bee stinger is by [scraping] it out with a fingernail.14. [Scraping] tools used by early man to make animal skins into clothing have been found dating back over 200,000 years.15. A popular tourist guide says that you can [scrape] by on $15 a day if you stay in cheap accommodation while travelling in Benin.
Grammatical examples in English. 2013.