1475 examples of scraping in sentences

The grease is dissolved and removed by gentle scraping.

This is communicated by mixing a little finely-powdered arnotto with the cream before putting it into the churn; a still more, natural and delicate colour is communicated by scraping a red carrot into a clean piece of linen cloth, dipping it into water, and squeezing it into the cream. 2367.

Get out of the trench!" Like a dog Nash thrashed and crawled, scraping his hands in the dirt, to jump up and fling a rock that Kurt ducked by a narrow margin.

The Frenchman replied gruffly, and bent again over the faded worn coat he was scraping with a knife.

She saw the wind snatch at it and set it scraping back and forth when he let it dangle at rope's end; she saw King's coat flap in the wind.

At some windows hung lace certains, flannel duds at some, and at others only the scraping and sighing one-hinged shutter groaning toward Paris after its neglectful master.

But above all he is very busie with his long nails, in scraping and scratching those places of the forehead where the signe of the crosse was made, or where the chrisme was laid.

Old W was a little, busy, cringing tradesman, who, with his son upon his arm, would stand bowing and scraping, cap in hand, to any-thing that wore the semblance of a gowninsensible to the winks and opener remonstrances of the young man, to whose chamber-fellow, or equal in standing, perhaps, he was thus obsequiously and gratuitously ducking.

Here, by scraping, you may discover hundreds of these loathsome beasts in every foot of wall.

When Tom Chist saw him, he was still bending over, scraping the sand away from something he had found.

Parson Jones himself leaped down into the hole, and began scraping away the sand with his hands as though he had gone crazy.

They are then a light yellowish color, but are later stained dark brown by constant rubbing and scraping against bushes and tree trunks.

if shaving, or boxing, or scouring, Or 'nointing, or scraping, or purging, or blood-letting, Or rubbing, or paring, or chafing, or fretting, Or ought else will rid it, he shall want no ridding.

One day, when straying into the Ghetto, he had encountered the old Jew of our adventure, bowing and scraping, and requesting the honour of receiving, him in his house.

We had gone on famously to this point, scraping through the mud occasionally with success.

But what's that scraping at the door?" "Oh! that's Fan; I forgot her.

She would sit up in her bed a wizened little goblin, and laugh a queer, dry, knowing laugh to herself,a laugh like the scraping of reeds in a solitary place.

This is excellent for scraping the Skis and for any purpose for which a strong knife may be wanted, but it always seems to me that it would be a nasty thing to fall on.

In some places, where academic freedom, as the students style it, exists to a high degree, a general scraping of the feet admonishes the lecturer to repeat his words or be more distinct and clear in his enunciation.

Then, from the inadequately partitioned chamber where the invalid vainly sought repose, came sounds of strifeboots and curses flyingfollowed by an extraordinary scraping and scuffling.

If not, I have wired Jim to meet train at Hoboken and keep in touch with him till you come, scraping acquaintance if necessary.

Let them read a few chapters of the early history of New England, and they will see what it was two hundred and fifty years ago, when the strong-hearted men and women, whom Hooker led to the banks of the Connecticut, sought for it in the white woods of winter, scraping away the snow with their frosted fingers.

Then, coming from the outside, I heard a low whistle with an unmistakable American twist to it, followed by a soft scraping sound.

OLD MORALITY, standing up, hitching his trousers at the belt, scraping his right foot behind him, and pulling his forelock, retorted "I ask your honour's pardon; but these lubbers are so long-winded.

The rollicking song of the male, an exhibition of his vocal powers worthy of a virtuoso, is accompanied by the most comical gymnasticsbowing, scraping, and side-stepping like a dancing-master; all of which, I am sure, is highly appreciated by the demure little lady.

1475 examples of  scraping  in sentences