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
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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Moná Thomas, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Under Mike Ashley’s loveless ownership, there was Alan Pardew insisting Andy Carroll would not be sold only to be scrabbling a few days later to bring in Shefki Kuqi on a free once Carroll had, indeed, been sold to Liverpool.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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
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Verb
Her fame peaked around the same year and slowly began to decline, leading to the mother of 14 scrabbling to find a way to support herself and her children.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Under Mike Ashley’s loveless ownership, there was Alan Pardew insisting Andy Carroll would not be sold only to be scrabbling a few days later to bring in Shefki Kuqi on a free once Carroll had, indeed, been sold to Liverpool.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
The steering also lightens up as the 235-millimeter-wide rubber scrabbles to find grip, the wheels and tires smooth and floaty with just enough traction for rally racing fun.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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
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“Scrabble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrabble. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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