How to Use scratch in a Sentence

scratch

1 of 2 verb

• The dog scratched its ear.
• The dog was scratching at the door.
• The little boy scratched lines in the dirt with a stick.
• Will you scratch my back for me?
• Careful, the cat will scratch.
• Someone scratched the paint on my car.
• Be careful not to scratch the table.
• Thorns scratched our legs as we climbed through the briars.
• Scratching the itch only makes it worse.
• You shouldn't scratch. It'll just make your itch worse.
• He was scratched up all over the place.
  — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
• Let’s just scratch both from the ledger.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
• Now he’s been scratched for two straight games.
  — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
• Don’t use steel wool—it’ll scratch the tile.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 21 June 2026
• Don’t use steel wool—it’ll scratch the tile.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
• At what point does a back have to be scratched?
  — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 27 May 2026
• Here's how to get rid of the urge to scratch.
  — Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
• What itch does that scratch that the rest of this doesn’t?
  — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
• Denver might have to scratch this one.
  — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026
• These items can scratch the tile as well as damage the grout.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
• Gaudette had been scratched for the first three post-Olympic break games.
  — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026
• Still, even some fans of the project were left scratching their heads.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
• Use a garden rake to scratch loose the soil at the bald spot in your lawn.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2023
• Retro Rewind exists to scratch that itch—sort of.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
• Treat any itchy sites with anti-itch creams and try not to scratch the area.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 June 2026
• It’s lined with a microfiber suede, so none of my items will get scratched.
  — Ali Faccenda, InStyle, 19 Jan. 2026
• Foil can also scratch the enamel of your oven.
  — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
• Back the tiles with felt to keep them from scratching surfaces.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 June 2023
• He’s also been scratched 14 times.
  — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026
• The hotel lounge can scratch a culinary itch, though.
  — Paul Oswell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026

scratch

2 of 2 noun

• There's a scratch in the paint on the new car!
• We don't have the scratch to buy a new car.
• The only sound in the room during the test was the scratch of pencils on paper.
• I got a scratch on my leg when I climbed the fence.
• The table is an antique but it doesn't have any dents or scratches.
• It is baked and made from scratch.
  — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
• States don’t have to start from scratch.
  — Tom Bitting, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
• Jaylen Wright was a healthy scratch.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
• So, the team dreamt one up from scratch with moody black tiles.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 28 July 2023
• Who will take it on and build a great new team from scratch?
  — Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
• If that’s the case with you, now is the time scratch this itch.
  — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
• Make it from scratch in minutes.
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
• But building one from scratch is hard.
  — Rhea Wessel, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
• Some scratches can be buffed out.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
• Some scratches can be buffed out.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2026
• But kind of having to start over from scratch.
  — H. Alan Scott jennifer Cunningham, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
• The latter was a healthy scratch the past two games.
  — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
• Here's the best way to hide those scratches.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 23 Feb. 2026
• Shop for items with scratch-free surfaces.
  — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025
• Shop for items with scratch-free surfaces.
  — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
• Netflix doesn’t need to build that trust from scratch.
  — Max Cutler, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
• Reichel was a healthy scratch in two of the last three games.
  — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
• She was sprawled out on the floor with scratches on her face.
  — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2026
• Learned how to make the pizza sauce and the dough from scratch.
  — CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
• The restaurant makes many of its menu items from scratch each day.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 8 June 2023
• Watch this video to see how to make homemade nuggets from scratch.
  — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
• Plus, some things taste better when they're made from scratch.
  — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 15 Jan. 2026
• But wait, is that a sniffle in your nose, a scratch in your throat?
  — Cassie Shortsleeve, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Apr. 2026
• Making lasagna from scratch is a labor of love.
  — Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Apr. 2026
• Regenda has been a healthy scratch the last six games.
  — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026