How to Use scrap in a Sentence

scrap

1 of 2 noun
  • The Huskies knew the Aztecs would push, scrap and claw their way back.
    John Marshall, ajc, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Set aside the scraps to fry as a treat for all your hard work.
    Yewande Komolafe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The scrap of a garment next to the foot offered a clue.
    Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Take a chunk of the cake scraps, and attach it to the back of the cake to form the bunny's tail.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Start by putting away leftovers and then scrape all the scraps off plates.
    Genevieve Ko, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Roughly 60% of steel comes from scrap, and the other 40% has to come from iron ore.
    Lucy Brewster, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Carefully drill all the way through the top, into the scrap wood.
    Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Once in place, the new vessel will be able to take on the crude from the Safer, which will then be towed away and sold for scrap.
    Dominic Dudley, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Use any leftover scraps of crust to create the easy checkerboard squares around the pie.
    Laura Denby, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2023
  • For decades the school scrap was a prevailing coming-of-age trope in movies and TV.
    Maya Phillips, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2023
  • And any leftover food scraps, of course, would have been biodegradable.
    Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Bone-gray ash blankets everything: cars, crops and even the dogs that beg for scraps in the streets.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
  • Set your saw blade’s depth to 3/8 inch, and make a test cut in a piece of scrap to check it’s set up correctly.
    Paul Steiner, Popular Mechanics, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The scraps can be used to make the tree trunk and accompanying presents.
    Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The fire is the second reported at a scrap fire in as many days in Greater Boston.
    Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The walls, old billboards and other scrap found here among the refugee camps of Rafah, on the opposite side of the Gaza Strip from his home.
    Rob Schmitz, NPR, 24 Apr. 2024
  • They were originally made of scrap metal, and have been brought back to the store many times over the last 40 years.
    Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2023
  • This will catch any additional scraps left in the broth.
    Good Housekeeping, 14 Mar. 2023
  • While collecting scrap metal a few years ago, a blade fell and cut Mr. Dong’s foot.
    Sophie Neiman, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2023
  • So, pull out your scraps and get ready to test some tasty ideas that’ll carry you through that cozy weekend after the big feast.
    SELF, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Chefs at the top have first dibs at the cornucopia of ingredients, while those in the basement are left with the scraps.
    Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
  • To make: Trace the shape of a wooden Christmas tree ornament on a scrap of fabric twice.
    Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Simmer the carcass with vegetable scraps in a pot on the stovetop, or use the Instant Pot for a faster, more hands-off process.
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Cut cake scraps into a tree trunk base and assorted-size presents.
    Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2023
  • That left millennials and Gen Zers with the scraps of starter homes left on the market and mortgage rates that hadn’t been seen in decades.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Boomers and Gen Z are leading the trend by using scraps to create crafts and projects, recipes, and clothing and bedding.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 6 Dec. 2023
  • This is, though, where much of Europe has been for some time: scrabbling around for scraps from the Premier League’s table.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Keep your kitchen clean because gnats are attracted to food scraps.
    The Arizona Republic, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Gather scraps, reshape them, and pat them out to a ¾-inch thickness; cut out biscuits.
    Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The program requires residents to separate food scraps and yard waste from the rest of their trash.
    James Barron, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
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scrap

2 of 2 verb
  • Bloomberg notes that the plans could take months to launch and may be scrapped entirely.
    Jon Porter, The Verge, 2 June 2023
  • The show started out with a laugh track but scrapped it for Season Two.
    Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Hardeman scrapped her plans and looked for a new approach.
    Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 12 Jan. 2024
  • That hasn't stopped some school districts from going forward with plans to scrap the course.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The Gregory Canyon landfill project was scrapped in 2016 after part of the land had been sold.
    Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2024
  • That peace is not to be confused with any less willingness for Smith to scrap.
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • If your business goals do not put fire under seats, scrap them.
    Sarah Mawji, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Reroll the dough scraps to 3/4-inch thickness, and cut out remaining 2 biscuits.
    Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Panamanians held the biggest protests in decades to have the contract scrapped.
    Elida Moreno, Valentine Hilaire, and Divya Rajagopal, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Nov. 2023
  • But those decisions were scrapped last year, sending the effort back to square one.
    Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2023
  • All told, the four companies have disclosed their intentions to scrap 306 tech jobs in the Bay Area.
    George Avalos, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
  • This spring, however, Michigan Democrats scrapped their state’s right-to-work statute.
    Eric Burlison and F. Vincent Vernuccio, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2023
  • When it was pointed out that sand would not be able to safely hold the stage’s speaker monitors in place, the plan was scrapped.
    Dave Brooks, Billboard, 29 Feb. 2024
  • At one point, a 24-team version of the event was announced for China but was scrapped, in part because of the pandemic.
    Victor Mather, New York Times, 23 June 2023
  • However, Warner Brothers said at the time that the project was never greenlit and was scrapped back in 2012.
    Valerie Wu, Variety, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The Fed scrapped that rule during the pandemic and now lets banks decide whether to limit withdrawals or not.
    Tanza Loudenback, wsj.com, 18 Sep. 2023
  • But, five years and many moments of trash talk between the two later, the two undefeated fighters will scrap in the ring.
    Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 29 July 2023
  • The plan provoked a strong reaction from parent groups and right-wing media, and soon appeared to be scrapped.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 19 July 2023
  • Without solar power to charge the spacecraft’s battery, those plans have been scrapped.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
  • While the one-shot technique will be scrapped, the team promises that the movie’s strong social realism will be even more prominent across the TV show.
    Manori Ravindran, Variety, 29 June 2023
  • But hours into Peregrine's solo flight the leak forced Astrobotic to scrap the moon mission.
    Harold Maass, The Week Us, theweek, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The team eventually scrapped the running concept and instead put its robot on a pair of Rollerblades.
    IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2023
  • That rule was scrapped by the Trump administration in favor of a rule with a far lower threshold in 2019.
    Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The meeting was scrapped before Biden’s plane left Washington.
    Courtney Subramanian, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • That magnetism kept the lab productive even after an initial design for the bomb, known as Thin Man, had to be scrapped in July 1944.
    Andy Kifer, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2023
  • Those advocates would like to see the practice scrapped all together.
    Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Decaf Coffee In 2020, Chick-fil-A decided to scrap decaf coffee from the menu.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2024
  • If Donald Trump wins the presidency, the reservation plan could well be scrapped.
    Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The talks have been going on for six to eight weeks and have also included AT&T Inc. at times, but the plan may take several more months to launch and could be scrapped, one person said.
    Scott Moritz, Fortune, 2 June 2023
  • The Wichita Eagle reported that the thieves planned to scrap the metal from the statue for money, according to court records.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024

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