scrabbled; scrabbling
ˈskra-b(ə-)liŋ 
2
: to scratch, claw, or grope about clumsily or frantically
3
b
: to struggle by or as if by scraping or scratching
scrabble for survival
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Examples of scrabble in a Sentence
Verb
She scrabbled around in her handbag for a pen.
He scrabbled at the slippery rock.
Noun
it'll be a long scrabble to pull ourselves out of poverty
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Jessy Parker Humphreys, The Athletic, 17 July 2024
There are other ethnic lines drawn among Gotham’s gangs, each scrabbling for a little bit more of the pie that Carmine used to keep mostly for himself.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
Whizy Kim, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Favorite Hobbies: Playing scrabble, writing, trivia.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2023
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Verb
Despite Mortimer’s best efforts to scrabble a team together, Charlton finished bottom of the league in 2007-08 and were relegated.
—Jessy Parker Humphreys, The Athletic, 17 July 2024
There are other ethnic lines drawn among Gotham’s gangs, each scrabbling for a little bit more of the pie that Carmine used to keep mostly for himself.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
Noun
One-third of Americans drink regular Coke, which commands about 19 percent of soft drink sales, while other soft drinks scrabble for a distant second place at around 8 percent of the market.
—Whizy Kim, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Favorite Hobbies: Playing scrabble, writing, trivia.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2023
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“Scrabble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrabble. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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