How To Use scrape by In A Sentence
- They find it hard to charge for their services; they usually give way more than they ask for, and this means they scrape by.
- I probably managed to scrape by with a D or something.
- She shirked her schoolwork, preferred to spend her time drawing, but aced every test and so managed to scrape by with C's.
- In the rural areas, people could scrape by,[Sentence dictionary] thanks to what they grew themselves.
- Awili manages to scrape by with donated lentils, rice, potatoes, milk and sometimes chicken, but she can't afford the healthy food a doctor recommended for her and her newborn.
- I only learnt Spanish for a year but I can just scrape by in most situations.
- The fundraising manager said: ‘It's damned hard work and we only just manage to scrape by.’
- He was barely making enough to scrape by already, living with friends, buying insulin and test strips and such without script insurance, making his payments to the credit counseling place.
- He managed to scrape by, staying at shelters or with friends and getting after-school work at restaurants.
- In the rural areas, people could scrape by, thanks to what they grew themselves.
