scrabbling in English

verb
1
scratch or grope around with one's fingers to find, collect, or hold onto something.
she scrabbled at the grassy slope, desperate for a firm grip

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1. She was scrabbling around, searching for the door.

2. He was scrabbling for a foothold on the steep slope.

3. I hung there, scrabbling with my feet to find a foothold.

4. I saw you from the doorway scrabbling around like a maniac.

5. claws scrabbling, then her -- her voice hoarse, harsh, hollow, almost only a tone,

6. He was scrabbling about in the sand searching for the ring.

7. Are you scrabbling about your wires and knots, my old pet rat?

8. There were no masses of poor crushed together in fetid slums, scrabbling for every crust.

9. As I hurried I heard the scrabbling patter of the wolves closing in.

10. Too many companies were scrabbling for a share of profits in the new industry.

11. She was found in the small hours, more than half-way up, scrabbling at a window as if for air.

12. 23 His hand reached for the corner of a pew, the other scrabbling at the cracks in the uneven floor.

13. Through the beating of the rain he thought that he could hear the Eel, feet scrabbling on the gravel path.