单词 | scraping |
例句 | When she heard the doors of the big green yanqui car shut and the tourist start the engine, she slid forward, scraping her back on the rough white stucco. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The second hour was spent actually working with the farm animals— feeding, cleaning, fixing a fence, scraping up klunk. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I inhale sharply, the cold scraping at the inside of my lungs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The edge was smeared dark, like it had been scraping tar “Eech!” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There was a rustle in the yard, like pieces of tin scraping the moist dirt. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z For fifteen years, she and the others had survived in hiding, trapped in this citadel of murdered gods and scraping a meager existence from it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Then she remembered the scraping of metal and falling bricks, and her heart slammed hard in her chest. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The boats which had been tethered one to the other had fouled up by now, the tow line under propeller and rudder and the two hulls bashing and scraping together. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can you read it to me, Isaiah?” she asks, scraping up her last bite. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “It’s real all right,” he said, holding the scraping up to the light. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Loomis pushed me through the crowd, bowing and scraping to the white folks, but pushing all the same. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Mulch went low to the limestone, his belly almost scraping the rock. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z With my heart pounding, my body shaking, the rough board scraping my bare knees, I begin to cross. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman had fixed Naima’s mistakes as well as completely cleaning, scraping, and repainting eight panels. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z And the plastic chairs were scraping against his outside leg. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z "Exactly," Mr. Winston said over the clatter of chairs scraping the floor and backpacks zipping. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The bird’s clawed feet contracted then released, the softest scratching noise ever, a stick-drawing scraping across cold concrete. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She added little round seeds and the scrapings of a gnarled, flesh-colored root; furry, blue-gray leaves and pale orange blossoms. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They're cutting open my knee again, pulling back my flesh to reveal the bones underneath, scraping at it with their scalpels. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The sun was up, and there were no dirty toenails scraping her legs. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Before I can figure out which question to answer first, another scraping sound comes from the crawl space. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I push back my chair, ignore the rusty-red scraping sound that reminds me of dried blood, and march into the living room. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I watched him punch and kick her unconscious and then drag her home by her hair, her face scraping and bouncing over the rocks. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is good,” I tell Shorty one night, scraping my plate clean. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Men and women are standing on narrow platforms, scraping the sides, working without safety straps or helmets. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave me the chore of scraping out the soap pot, which looked like a long day’s work. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Lapham was already scraping the trenchers clean, getting on with her work. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there was a great scraping of chairs and the next moment, Harry found himself shaking hands with everyone in the Leaky Cauldron. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He crawled toward me, the sword noisily scraping on the cave’s rock floor. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack is outside, scraping the ice crystals off the windows in scratchy strips. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The air was full of humming and buzzing and scraping. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z All I could hear of him was the foot scraping in the dark. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Peeta eats without complaint, even scraping out the pot to show his enthusiasm. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Kids were dropping books onto the floor, scraping desk chairs back, but I couldn’t figure where this feeling was coming from. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He coasted away from his home, passing over bicycles and cars, their antennae scraping the bottom of his canoe. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She threw her hands out blindly, reaching for something, anything that might stop her fall, fingers scraping over ice and rock. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I slice the rest of the bread with a scraping of butter for the children and call the women to the kitchen. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I hear dishes clatter and then a chair scraping across the floor. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z As soon as I close the window, Mama stands, the piano bench scraping across the floor. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Fatima crashed onto the sidewalk, the skin on her knees scraping off into stinging red strips. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Dragging her fatherless child from place to place, scraping by on menial jobs, justifying it by insisting to herself—by insisting to everyone—she was making Art. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There was a loud scraping and puffing from behind them, and Stan and Ern appeared, carrying Harry’s trunk and Hedwig’s cage and looking around excitedly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z There was a light in the dining room but Lee found Adam in the kitchen, scraping at a thick black crust in the frying pan with the point of a can opener. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then, as we struggle with the cart, the jammed wheel scraping across the concrete floor, a man in a business suit comes up behind us. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z And all at once his own stick was between her legs, tangling them as she tried to turn again, scraping down her shin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It seems to her as if the air were made of crystal filaments, scraping and cleaning her inside. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a scraping sound inside, like the dragging of a chair across the floor, followed by a scuffling. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Suddenly the men began scraping their feet and cursing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, the diners watched and listened to her as she stooped murmuring at each place, scraping the serving spoon and fork across the silver platter. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Plus my fingers are all bloody from scraping the bumpy bark and they hurt. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom stands up, scraping her chair back, and walks out of the room to the hallway, where I can still see her standing. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z He took out a pocketknife and began scraping underneath his fingernails. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Finally I heard the sound of a horse and buggy rolling up to the house; I heard the scraping of a trunk being dragged across the floor. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He shoves me and I fall again, scraping my hands on the ground, blinking, sluggish and slow and hot. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z A plump person is envied because they aren't scraping by like the majority of us. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But the silence was profound, with the insect scrapings only scratching at the surface of it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The elder son dragged a trunk after him, scraping ruts in the grass. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z While scraping the hide, she let her thoughts roam. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She heard footsteps on the stairs, the sound of the hatch scraping, and she closed her eyes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She pulled out the wooden bench, wincing at the loud scraping sound it made. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She heard laughter through the window of the nearest brownstone, and what sounded like a metal spoon scraping a pot, getting the last little bit from the bottom. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Hundreds of men were crawling with him, scraping their bodies with his on the stones. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z My father rushed to the van and began scraping at the snow and ice. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In the cellar above, the scavengers roused to activity, scraping. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He turned his eyes on Roza, the scraping, knowing, awful eyes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The voice was like a knife blade scraping across stone. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Shukumar had disassembled it all before bringing Shoba back from the hospital, scraping off the rabbits and ducks with a spatula. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She rubbed her arms hard, scraping the last bits of flaking skin from the burn in the process. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The man hadn’t come, but he would, and just the thought of that same question—do you love me yet?—that bland smile, those stony eyes scraping up and down her body made her shiver. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z When we were finally going to Aunt Cydney’s house I decided to pay Byron back for punching me in the forehead and getting out of doing his part of die window scraping. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Above the din of the rapids, the men could hear the wooden canoes scraping and thumping into the rocks. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “Oh, really? I didn’t see you,” she said, her two long black braids scraping her chest. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z But he just winked and went back to scraping with his little scraping tool. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z She takes a hammer and rusty chisel and shatters each coconut, scraping the blinding white, perfumed flesh from the shells. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard hangers scraping against a metal bar. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z The roof of the tunnel was scraping his shoulders and he was afraid that it would tear through the dry suit and gouge into his skin as well. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z One of them fires, and I dive, scraping my palms on the ground. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She stood, her chair scraping like Moss’s had, and she moved into the wings, collapsing into a man’s arms. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I had started the term penniless, and been scraping by ever since. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It made a scraping sound as they placed it up against the glass, and Jesper began turning the handle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She heard a noise, something scraping on rock, and turned to see what it was. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It glanced off his shoulder, and then she was on the ground, her free hand scrabbling in the slightly damp earth, her cheek scraping against the soil. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They made it by scraping the seeds which others had collected, chewing up the scrapings till they made a kind of paste or soup, and then swallowing it into their own crops. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Several were sitting back on their haunches, their claws scraping at the chalky stonewall that flanked the waterfall. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Dad even convinced me my Talent might be vacuuming,” she told her brother, scraping a bit of orange tissue off the table- top as she spoke. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z For several hours all they heard were the light tap of their footsteps and the scraping sound of Ripred’s teeth on a bone he’d saved from lunch. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I tripped several times, once falling, catching myself with my hands, scraping them on the sidewalk, and then lurching up to plunge forward again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Diego whipped a handful of napkins from his back pocket and set to cleaning his hands methodically, scraping the sauce from under his fingernails. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z There’s a terrible scraping of chairs and shuffling of shoes. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z There was no sound now in the early-night hush, except for their feet scraping laxly through the dust, their clothes rustling as they grunted softly and sent the ball toward the basket. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She was scraping at the mud on her bare legs. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z It was as big as ever, with hardly a dent to show for all her scraping. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sierra thought she heard something scraping along the ceiling and stopped walking. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The barest sprinkle of dragon bone scrapings, like minuscule white petals, for power. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I listened to the sound it made scraping under our shoes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The blade made a hideous scraping sound as he drew it back over the steel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At one house, a man with a wooden pallet called a “hawk” is scraping adobe mud off this hawk with a trowel and smoothing it against a wall. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I was in the bathroom scraping a quick razor over my face when Judy Poovey came in and rushed over so fast I cut my cheek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She was glad to find another use for Deydey’s gift besides the usual unpleasant one of scraping hides. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I sit in the bathtub, scraping away at my calves, which I wish were thicker, bulgier, like the calves of cheerleaders, while my brother mutters outside. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She hurled the scraping stone as hard as she could against a rock. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why are you so quiet?” he asked, scraping the plate with his fork. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Oma ladles thick, milky potato soup, carefully scraping the bottom to find enough for all of them. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Bigger tiptoed up the steps, one at a time, hoping that the roar of the furnace and the men’s voices and the scraping of the shovel would drown out the creaking sounds his feet made. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The bell rang, and above the scraping chairs and zipping backpacks, Mr. Quisling shouted, “Bring enough copies for the whole class.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z A few scrabbling sounds drifted down from above, scraping and tearing. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the summer, the scraping of spoon and fork against the plate had replaced dinner table chatter and Baba had resumed retreating to his study after supper. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The old carpet was threadbare against her back, my knees were scraping the rope webbing. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m like the post office,” Dad replies, scraping the snow off the car with one of Teddy’s plastic dinosaurs that are scattered on the lawn. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He pushed his chair backward, scraping the floor, and went sullenly up to the front. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Betty Jean was scraping what appeared to be burnt cookies into the garbage. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He squeezes his upper body through the hole, his shoulders scraping on the edges, his jacket tearing, hips twisting, and then he’s through. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They dove inside, lit a fire, and started scraping the ice off their faces. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Scott picks at the dried blood on his cheek, I can hear his nails scraping against his skin. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z My fingers waggled, barely scraping the muddy fabric of the strange doll’s belly. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They were caked with black dirt, his nails cracked and broken from scraping at the frozen earth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The only sound was a slight scraping noise from the rooftop, where the weather-vane swung back and forth. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The cats encircled me, hissing, growling, and scraping their claws on the floor, leaving deep, clean grooves. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Its capture boom, a long metal triangle, entered the port's funnel, scraping slightly along the edge. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Black turned right around to look at him; Snape’s head was scraping the ceiling but Black didn’t seem to care. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Then, the day after that, Jinny got so sick of the shouting and moaning and the tiny fingernails scraping her skin, she marched out of the water almost immediately, with Ess clinging to her neck. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z More hammering and scraping at the door interrupted the discussion. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Underneath his voice was another, more horrible sound—an ancient, cold sound like metal scraping against rock. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The line made a scraping sound somewhere deep in my skull and I felt the skin dragging across the bone to cinch together. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Thomas let go of the rope he’d used around his chest and heaved his body to the left, scraping along the wall. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She cut off a piece of the new caribou hide and was scraping it clean of fur when a snowstorm of cotton-grass seeds blew past her face. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Pet started purring again, the sound a sharp and scraping vibration. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I hear it clatter down on the long fancy dining room table, the chair legs scraping against the floor. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The girls were taking turns with the pumice stone, scraping it along the ends of sticks to make spears. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The cake is the best part—it’s yummy, and people quiet down, until the only sounds are forks scraping on plates, and smacking lips. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Hattie laughed, scraping her spoon around her empty bowl for the last remnants of porridge. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I hear chairs scraping on wood in the dining room, Elizabeth’s voice. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z As Harry shivered and drew his robes tightly around him, he heard what sounded like a thousand fingernails scraping an enormous blackboard. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z It revolved slowly, scraping against the stone wall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “He’s just scraping something off for you. You must have something crusty in there. Have you washed your ears lately?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z We sit there panting, scraping the sand out of our mouths. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Had her mother finished scraping and tanning that ugly moose hide or would she have to help her? The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The cafeteria clamored with the sounds of plastic trays against wooden tables and forks scraping plates, but any conversations were muted. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I step to the right to get a better angle on the door, and my double hops to the side, her shoes scraping the dirt, to block my way again. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I hear the scraping of metal as the guards load the cannons. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “The lesions aren’t an accident, Tally. They’re part of the operation, just like all the bone sculpting and skin scraping. It’s part of the way being pretty changes you.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The Otter sloop-of-war is hove to and careened in the channel while it undergoes repair; men crawl upon its belly, scraping at barnacles and repairing the work of the worm. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Finally, with many thank-yous and bowings and scrapings and warmest wishes to their beautiful wives and distinguished husbands, he departed the room. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I think now it was sorrow for the sound of his fork scraping the plate, the way it swelled in the distance between us, how I was not even in the room. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I keep putting my finger in my mouth and scraping off nail polish. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z His belly was scraping empty, so empty he could howl. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Nathan waddled his way down the hallway to his room, the straps of his heavy duffel bag scraping his neck. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I nod, though she can’t see me, and we keep moving, the flashlight beam bouncing, our shoes scraping, the moldy air rushing toward us from whatever is on the other end. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Somkit held one of the rinds, scraping out the last bit of flesh with his fingers. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Makes the bowing and the scraping easier to tolerate. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a mass clattering of chairs and scraping of forms as everyone was seated. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The overseer now came forward, bowing and scraping, and the red-faced one spoke to him rapidly but so low that we could not hear what he was saying. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Before, scraping elbows together or grabbing her hand had seemed benign, just exciting enough without being serious or scary. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She dances for days to her Beny More records, her hands in position for an impossibly lanky partner, to “Rebel Heart,” her slippers scraping the floor, to “Treat Me As I Am,” a buoyant guaracha. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a bumping and scraping sound against the hull of the lifeboat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a scraping noise somewhere beneath her feet—close, as if someone were running a fingernail along the ceiling below. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As if he could read my mind, he twisted my wrist further; my body was coiled tightly, my face scraping the floor. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When he pushed open the bedroom door, he could not prevent it from scraping against the uneven floor. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The ceiling crept down so low that even I felt like I was in danger of scraping the top of my head on the doorframes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Did you maybe lose it up at the cliffs yesterday?” asked Eevie, who was standing at the table scraping the honey from the candy platter with a finger. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He and his brother had nearly finished their cheese and were now scraping their wooden container with the stale rinds of bread. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z They were constantly scraping together enough money to pay for gas, to get me lunch money, to buy me a new pair of jeans and a few new shirts. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z He began edging backwards out of the cave, scraping his feet as noisily as he could. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “You big crazy fruit,” George snarled more loudly and slouched away, the taps on his heels scraping the sidewalk. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “What if she tells on us?” he asked as we looked at her as she now sat cross-legged on the ground, scraping the dirt with a rock. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Taylor tried to lead the way, but many of the girls ran scattershot for the forbidding jungle, scrambling over brambles, scraping their tender flesh against the prickly trunks of the palms. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z A scraping sound comes from inside the trash can, something scratching against the metal container. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I wake up to Tats scraping and flicking her dried nail polish, sitting beside me on Mom’s bed. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She could hear Madame Antoine’s heavy, scraping tread as she walked back and forth on the sanded floor. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z It was not pain he felt below his ribs, but something scraping against the bone. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Suddenly there is a scraping, a pain in my hand, and my sword is wrenched from my grasp. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I fall, scraping my knees and hands on rocks and sticks. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nothing much there but bugs and gators and a few folks scraping the dirt to make do. My mother is dead. My father as well.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora left to the sound of the large pews scraping to make room to dance. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She could be lost, scraping her fingers along walls at the edge of town, drifting farther away every second. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His brown hair hung down over his ears and neck, scraping the tops of his shoulders. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z There came the clink of a bottle being put down upon some hard surface, and then the dull scraping noise of a heavy chair being dragged across the floor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Samuel scraped the edge of the blade with his pocketknife and inspected the scrapings in the palm of his hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I sit on the edge of the concrete dock, rough beneath my thighs, my toes scraping the edge of the water. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She grazed her fingertips across the center console, her nails scraping the hard plastic. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z And she gasped as the car cracked against a rock and reeled back across the road with an ominous scraping somewhere beneath, but then gathered itself together valiantly and resumed its dogged climb. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z They used a homemade gadget for scraping corn off the cob and added globs of butter, cream, and salt. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z And Mother is scraping and fawning, “If you please, sir . . . begging your lordship’s pardon.” Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z A man in front of us was getting a wrist tattoo, the needle scraping the skin. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z She approached the god, followed by Octavian, who was bowing and scraping like a champion groveler. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The words were in another language—something brutal and dark, like a knuckle scraping against stone. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z When I came to the further side of the cove I saw Ben crouching by a little pool between two rocks scraping winkles into his hand. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Early on Monday morning I heard loud scraping coming from the front of the house. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “And you saw what? Blood and wood scrapings?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The sound was the faintest of clinks, a scraping of steel over stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He inspected it from stem to stern, scraping off the green slime that had accumulated during the winter, examining every inch. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Her feet scrambled at the ledge, scraping rock into the water. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z On winter days it swims with the odor of roasting chestnuts; on summer evenings it becomes slow and drowsy, full of sleepy conversations and the scraping of heavy iron chairs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Conor fell to the ground, scraping his knee on the concrete step, tearing a hole in his uniform trousers. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Wind whirled through the house, scraping Nailer’s face with cold fingers, then leaping to the wall and tearing away Nailer’s picture of the clipper ship. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The crowd came in quickly, and the synagogue was soon filled with the sounds of shuffling shoes, scraping chairs, and loud voices talking Yiddish. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It took several minutes for their eyes to become accustomed to the dim light, and during that time strange scratching, scraping, tapping, scuffling noises could be heard all around them. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z From their many fallings and scrapings, already they know the chant of sana, sana. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I start to ask her why that number, but Uhmma has already gone back to scraping up the change in her purse. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z It growled again, a strange rasping combination of electrical sizzle, a frying sound, a scraping of metal, a turning of cogs that seemed rusty and ancient with suspicion. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z All those shoes sliding and scraping up the floor, leaving black shoe polish across the newly varnished floor. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Then, a bump, and a soft scraping sound, of paper. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Silence threads through the house like a lace pulling tight, and then I finally hear the scraping of another chair and the sound of Lily sighing herself into place. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The first time it happened, I got really mad because people kept walking by and scraping what they didn’t want onto my tray, which wasn’t very sanitary, especially since I hadn’t finished eating my lunch. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the scraping of my chair sounds eager as I usher him out of his seat. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Then, finally, there was a scraping sound as the thick beam blocking the opening moved a bit to the side. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Then I heard scraping sounds, slamming, pushing and shouts and then whack! whack! whack! The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The class went crazy with chairs scraping and kids running, colliding, and laughing. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z It was the sound of a chair scraping on the floor overhead. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Needlelike claws were scraping at the toughened material of her uniform. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z There was a great scraping and banging as all the students got to their feet and swarmed toward the double doors into the entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I had to do something about that chain, the weight of it scraping her neck fur short. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z At that moment I heard a slight scraping of gravel to my right. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He bent over and began scraping together a pile of the white mush. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Well”—Trotter shifted her weight to her left foot, keeping her eyes on the carrots she was scraping—“William Ernest is in the living room watching Sesame Street.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z He stood up from the table, chair scraping the yellow tile, while I bit my lip. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They were in the tipped-over pots on their hands and knees, scraping off bits of burned potato that still clung stubbornly to the vast pot bottom. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet a few minutes later I find myself scraping my plate with my spoon. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z And then, from behind the library door, a scraping noise followed by a thump and a murmur that could have been a man’s or a woman’s. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I heard a scraping sound, wood against wood, like he had taken something out of the nightstand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I don’t have someone’s hand to hold as I tiptoe to the window, only to realize the scary noise is just a branch scraping the glass, just the wind. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The scraping and sniffing and growling sounds were right at the entrance now. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Middlings, warm water, apple parings, meat gravy, carrot scrapings, meat scraps, stale hominy, and the wrapper off a package of cheese. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The rough scraping left his scalp tender, littered with nicks. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “You are a foolish child,” Tatterfell says, scraping my hair into tight warrior braids. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Each noise was like a scalpel to the skin, but I forced myself to stay against the brick wall, scraping my fingernails along the mortar. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They put their snouts on the horn, sniffing and tasting the metal, scraping paws over the surface and then making highpitched yipping sounds to one another. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Over the next two months, the match’s momentum ebbed and flowed, but from the ninth game on, Bobby, scraping his way back, took the lead and held on to it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The King frowned, but before he could speak, Lord Raiden pushed his chair back from the table, the legs scraping loudly against the stone floor. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They were herdsmen, scraping out a living on rocky and infertile land. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z With the usual deafening scraping noise, the benches were moved back and the hundreds of students began to file out of the Great Hall toward their dormitories. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z A high-pitched scraping sound, like nails on a chalkboard, ripped through the air. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Three fine needles of whalebone, an awl for making holes, a good stone knife for scraping hides, two cooking pots, and a small box made from a shell with many earrings in it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard Fjerdan being spoken, then scraping noises and a thunk. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It always hurt not to breathe like a normal person, incessantly reminding your lungs to be lungs, forcing yourself to accept as unsolvable the clawing scraping inside-out ache of underoxygenation. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z His one flank was sore with the scraping. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Free time was spent scraping the fur off the deer hide to get it ready for tanning. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z After nearly two hours of pampering—trimming her hair, shaping her nails, and scraping away the callouses on her feet and hands—Celaena grinned at the mirror in the dressing room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z On the other side of the kitchen stood a black-haired boy about Salvador’s age, scraping uneaten food off plates into big garbage pails. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The hogs, some still alive, were dipped next in a vat of boiling water, then scraped clean of bristle—the bristle saved in bins below the scraping tables. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But then, a soft scraping noise confirmed my suspicion, and Digger slowly stood up from where he’d crouched behind a grain barrel in the corner. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He felt alone and unprotected, and scraping crickets and shrilling tree frogs and croaking toads seemed to be carrying the melody of evil. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z She could almost feel the knife, feel something scraping everything that mattered out of her onto the cold sand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Into that silence, the raw scraping of the doors being pulled open was as loud as thunder. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A scream stops in my throat, and I fall, my cheek scraping the pavement. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She kept scraping, gritting her teeth, and held on to her thoughts, for once again she could feel the presence of the powerful mother bear at her shoulder. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z His legs drag behind him, his heels scraping the floor. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He laughed, a raspy chuckle that irritated my ears like forks scraping against plates. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Grow where you're planted,” they say, while telling us what great futures we'll have bowing and scraping for our white betters. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “It was just as I have said. As I testified. As I wrote in my investigative report. Blood and wood scrapings only.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I was so hungry that I foigot all about scraping the mustard off the baloney sandwich and even like that it was the best sandwich I’d ever had in my life. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z They sat there together, listening to his mother scraping the plates, the water running in the sink. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Her forearms thudded against the branch, the bark scraping her skin as she scrambled to get a firm grip. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He started to say more, but the words were drowned out by a noise like huge fingernails scraping metal. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Their soft laughs, that boy’s bawling, and those chains rattling and scraping are sounds I’m gonna be hearing for the rest of my life. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z One day, the reverend looked deep into my father’s eyes, as if scraping the bottom of his soul. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z He felt a scratchy scraping of thick crab legs all over his back. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z It needed scraping, and cleaning, perhaps, but nothing more. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not hear her feet scraping down the broad stairs, or the courthouse clock laboriously strike two-thirty; she did not feel the dank air of the first floor. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Mother began scraping mush from the bottom of the kettle, and the scraping sounded loud in the room. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “Fascinating,” he muttered, scraping at some petrified guano with the stubby end of his pen. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z His mouth opened and he dropped the branch he was scraping. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He started scraping burgers up off the grill and dropping them on the platter. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z My mother, breathing hard, scraping through her hair with her crooked nails, watched me and sometimes moaned. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever money Mom had inherited from Grandma Smith had disappeared, and once again we started scraping by. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z All at once there was a scraping noise and the egg split open. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It was a scuffling, scraping noise that seemed to be coming from somewhere nearby. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A man leaning over a stone, scraping scales from another fish. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Then, ahead of her, in the direction of the place where she had entered the bush, she heard a rustle, a faint scraping noise. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He could hear the top edge of a calendar scraping against the wall behind him when the fan was on. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Again I hid indoors, painting and scraping until my knuckles bled. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The scuffling weakened, the scraping stopped, a last pathetic squeak—like a miniature champagne cork—was ejected into the darkness. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She dreamt of footsteps on the tower stair, an ominous scraping of leather on stone as a man climbed slowly toward her bedchamber, step by step. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But today when I see pictures of the region, known as Minembwe, it looks like the most idyllic place on earth, with lush, leafy mountaintops scraping the clouds and miles and miles of green. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He went to work on his beef bone, making an awful scraping sound. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z My job requires it, he thought, scraping bottom. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The crash of scraping metal was followed immediately by a volley of Spanish hurled at me from all directions. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked as though his temple had been dragged on the asphalt, scraping away skin, then bone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There were bare limbs that bent against the car, scraping as it passed, brushing off their snow. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He tried to hide his feet by scraping one foot behind the other when he stood up, but that only made it worse. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Mom got up from the table, the wooden legs of her chair scraping across the floor, and dug inside the middle drawer of the cherrywood buffet. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z There was a scraping as everyone drew their cauldrons toward them and some loud clunks as people began adding weights to their scales, but nobody spoke. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z This was followed by a hollow sound of scraping. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands were going around and around a frying pan, scraping flecks of black into cold, greasy dishwater. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The monkey shrieks and birdcalls, the insect scrapings and frog croakings, and the incessant drip-drip of condensing moisture sounded very loud to Will, outside it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He was aware of other figures crawling into the room, knees scraping across the floor. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Das tapped on his lens cap, and his tour book, dragging his thumbnail occasionally across the pages so that they made a scraping sound. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I fell forward onto the street, scraping my hands on the pavement. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z There were photographs of people digging, people scraping dirt off of bones. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The next thing, I knew, my back was scraping along rocks on the roadside. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z After I swallowed, I heard a noise coming from below the kitchen floor, like metal scraping concrete. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The path steepened partway up and she slipped, scraping her knee on a rock. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He hadn’t even realized he had drifted off until he was awakened by the sound of tree limbs scraping the sides of the car. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The beans were scorched black, and no amount of scraping could get them out of the pan. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Gwenforte lies at their feet, gnawing on a mutton bone, her strong yellow teeth scraping away the last scraps of meat and gristle. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Yes. Thank you,” I say, and then it’s just the sounds of knives and forks scraping against the plates, chewing, swallowing, glasses of water being sipped and set down on wood. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As she applied the compress to her swollen, split lip, she scolded me for not scraping candle wax that had dripped on the floor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Lauren was there, angrily twisting Oreos open and scraping out the cream filling into a bowl. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She smells the brilliantined hair, feels the scraping blade, the web of scars it left on her stomach. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He went to the bathroom and scrubbed himself with disinfectants, scraping his hide with pumice stone. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The raft began scraping against the sand, straining to reach the waves. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He was just scraping his bowl, and Sammy was holding up his face like a robin waiting for a worm, when Lizza came in. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary didn’t realize until months later that he’d been studying her hands, checking their dexterity and strength to see how they’d stand up to hours of delicate cutting, scraping, tweezing, and pipetting. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I heard the television scraping across the living-room floor. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She was alone in a bone-cold bus station on December 23, listening to a drunk guy and scraping the last of someone’s blood from underneath her nails with the corner of her bus ticket. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The room was full of the low murmur of conversation, punctuated by laughter and the metallic sound of spoons and forks scraping against the tin trays. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Coach said, but then he turned back and saw me scraping my shoe on the grass. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He bathed in icy water and scrubbed and scratched his body with a block of pumice stone, and the pain of his scraping seemed good to him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Lourdes relishes winter most of all—the cold scraping sounds on sidewalks and windshields, the ritual of scarves and gloves, hats and zip-in coat linings. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, with a scraping noise, the wall gave way. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I could see Robert standing by the open door, and there was a scraping of chairs, a babble of conversation, and of laughter. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There's the sound of that scraping in the early mornings—the hack hack hack of it—as people clear their cars to go to work. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They fieldstripped Spassky’s chair, x-rayed it, took scrapings of all the surroundings, and even examined the air on the stage. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He picked each item up, put it back down, and picked it up again, then pushed it aside, looked at it again—until the boys were scraping their feet impatiently on the floor. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Florida tumbled along underwater, knees and elbows scraping rocks. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z At night I thought I heard his feet dragging around the house, scraping gravel. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They could hear scraping, thumps, and hurried footsteps. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z All the same, when donors get restless and need to walk it off, that’s where they tend to go, scraping through all the nettles and brambles. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I was already busy scraping at my legs with a sea-grape leaf. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Soon, I think,” Joon said, scraping out the inside of the box with a crumpled piece of paper. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Mom and I had plenty of days when our problem was scraping together enough money to pay the bills. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He knocked on the kitchen door and went in to find Sister Fenella scraping some potatoes. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Some boats were up on racks, and men and women worked over the hulls, sanding, scraping, painting. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z My fingers bled from scraping out the rocks and it seemed that a square yard of ground produced a wheelbarrow full of rocks which I had to push down to the retaining wall. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As the car moved, the splintering of wood sounded over their heads, a splintering that changed into splitting of boards and scraping of metal. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He sobbed in desperation and turned, but the thing pursuing him now stood in his path—a colossal being wrapped in shadows, its shape vaguely humanoid, its head almost scraping the ceiling twenty feet above. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Ignatius cried, scraping the cutlass across the young man’s chest. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My feet hit the bottom, bumping boulders and scraping rocks, and I realized the river wasn’t deep but it was fast and my feet couldn’t stop me from being swept away. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In the kitchen, when the manager wasn’t looking, she ate the leftover wedges of toast and cold forkfuls of scrambled eggs from the plates instead of scraping them into the garbage. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The slate gray sea roiled, scraping the narrow strip of sand rhythmically, tugging at beach grass, digging and sucking loose the rocks at the shore's edge. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The bell rang, and above the scraping chairs and zipping backpacks, Mr. Quisling shouted, “Bring enough copies for the whole class.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeoma was scraping a burnt pot in the kitchen, and the kroo-kroo-kroo of the metal spoon on the pot seemed intrusive. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The padded door banged open and a young boy clicked into the bar, scraping the metal taps on his flamenco boots across the floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At first she was wildly industrious, cleaning out closets and scrubbing the insides of kitchen cupboards and scraping the shelves of the refrigerator, rinsing out the vegetable bins. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The deafening growl of engines and the sound of scraping metal made it a requirement for men to scream at each other to be heard. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Owls hooted to one another in a disgruntled sort of way over the babble and the scraping of heavy trunks. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z As he passed, his sailors pressed themselves against the rails then closed behind him like waves in a wake, the clicking and scraping of six-shooters and swords rattling at his heels. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z My foot slipped against a rock as I stepped away, my back scraping against the wall, my head sending me spiraling into panic. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She moaned, her fingernails scraping against the ice. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Cassandra,” he called over something scraping, “it’s nice to meet you.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Even though Luxa had flattened herself on the bat’s back, Aurora barely managed to pull out of the maneuver without scraping her off on the ceiling. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But these boys’ families were scraping together extra food or cash for their sons to go to school, and no one ever forgot it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The silence in the room is total, except for the sound of the queen’s teaspoon scraping circular motions in the bottom of her teacup. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Moss twisted the chain around, and the scraping on the pole reverberated up his spine. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And then she heard the scraping noise as his hand came into view, sliding across the flagstones. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The noise in the synagogue had become very loud, almost a din, and the room seemed to throb and swell with the scraping chairs and the talking men. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I watch as he files his nails down by scraping them with the edge of his knife. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z There was an uneasy scraping and shifting of chairs on the dusty wooden floor. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “No. My hands will freeze,” I said, the cold already scraping against my face. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I saw Mr. Norton, his face pale again, his white suit rumpled, topple and fall, his head scraping against the screen of the door. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon, she heard the muted chatter of the night-soil men as they collected the sewage; she fell asleep listening to the scraping sounds of their shovels as they worked, shielded by the dark. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z My class went through the routine of settling down, scraping chairs, dusting desks, copying the new term timetable written on the board. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z And I could already hear the sneers at my poor scrapings, the scorn at my childish vanity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It catches for an instant against the edge of the zipper, making the faintest scraping sound. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The last scrapings of the brass kettle exactly filled the very last patty-pan. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I take my knife and go to work on a pine tree, cutting away the outer bark and scraping off a large handful of the softer inner bark. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Then I heard it: a scraping noise, like something large dragging its belly through the leaves. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Fadi sprawled on the ground, scraping his hands and knees as he went down. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The words had barely left his mouth when the noise of cranking gears and scraping metal filled the air, coming through the hatch door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I could just barely stand up to my full height without scraping the ceiling. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z A sound startles me—the scraping of the lock on the brig door. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z And I can feel it scraping along the bottom. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z She jerked it free of the ground, and it fell, scraping down the house. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I took out my jackknife and tried scraping the newspaper with it. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z You wouldn't catch our neighbors scraping mold off their strawberries, but to our father, there was nothing so rotten that it couldn't be eaten. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Loud bangings and scrapings were coming from behind the Dursleys’ boarded-up fireplace, which had a fake coal fire plugged in front of it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z When we got there, he was at his table, scraping bark into a bowl, humming to himself. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She fell on the sand, scraping both knees, and scrambled to put distance between herself and the treacherous lake. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Bluebirds fluttered high up in the beams where they had nests, and Panky spent a few minutes scraping up their droppings with a trowel. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Turkeys seem to be manic-depressive types, gobbling with blushing wattles, spread tails, and scraping wings in amorous bravado at one moment and huddled in craven cowardice the next. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a beast in my gut, I can hear it scraping away at the inside of my ribs. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Quiet followed as we listened to Grandma’s wooden spoon scraping the sides of the stew pan. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I had lots of scraping and preparing to do. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z From below them they heard the rapid scraping of boots on gravel. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Bran hunched down as best he could, but even so, the top of his head was soon scraping and bumping against the ceiling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I was scraping the dried blood off my legs when I looked up and saw the Green Caboose come back around the bend. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The cook was behind the counter, scraping his griddle with the edge of a spatula. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The process of looking up a letter and scraping it in the dirt takes a couple of seconds. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When he finished scraping that foot, he picked up the other front foot. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z We’re only still scraping by with what Mrs. Fowles gave us off their boat, plus some eggs, because thank goodness Mama Mwanza brought us over two laying hens after the ants ate up ours. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Mr. Lew saw' the old Plymouth trying to dock at the curb, scraping its hubcaps against its moorings before finally coming to rest. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A loud scraping screech came from the trees. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She turned around and ran back in the other direction, head down, tripping once and scraping her knee badly, then up again and running, bolting past the women. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He was up on a ladder outside, scraping away. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z She’s pacing the length of the kitchen, hands scraping against her hairline. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Kathy heard some thumps and scraping, and then it was quiet. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He rubbed his chin with his thumb, looked at it, and then started scraping again. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Then the clink-clink-clink of forks and spoons scraping against plates would echo over the house. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He took over for Mother, changing the bandages on Dad’s fingers every morning, scraping away the layers of skin and muscle that had necrotized during the night. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She pretended his eyes weren’t scouring her. up and down, steel wool scraping her skin raw. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I clank my spoon against the bowl, scraping the sticky rice from the sides. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Soon they were lost in the shadows of the trees, but Mark could hear the scraping of the Toad’s body along the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z We ride up several floors until I hear the elevator's chains come to a scraping halt. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She popped a piece of the burned potato scraping into her mouth. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of answering “Coming!” and running to her, he dodged under a hedge, scraping his knees. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z All around them the quiet noises of the afternoon hung in the warm air: the endless trickling sucking of the marsh, the scraping of insects, the calling of gulls. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Asha felt iron scraping against bone as her point slid over a rib. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then I heard a scraping at the window and ran over and unfastened the catches. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The car veers off to the side of the road, scraping against the curb. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z And wasn't that old slave a scientist—or at least called one, recognized as one—even when he stood with hat in hand, bowing and scraping in senile and obscene servility? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The boats cracked loudly against the ice, grating and scraping on the edge of the floe. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Dad would have loved this,” Rooney said, scraping the last of the rich, creamy pudding from the bowl with her finger. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z The axe scratched at the apple of Pycelle's throat and stroked the soft wobbly skin under his jaw, scraping away the last hairs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I swung the whole fence out like a door, stepped inside, and put the post back again, scraping my shoe over the fresh dirt. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A distant scraping of metal against wood echoed through the house; it sounded to Thomas like a Griever was climbing on the back side of the Homestead, opposite where they were. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z But watching him as he moved, she heard the sound of the scraping chain against the floor, and she could see behind him a smeared, darkened trail of his blood. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I hurl myself down toward them, falling to the ground and scraping my palms. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z If you listen closely you can hear a window scraping open, a fresh reed being inserted into a woodwind’s mouthpiece. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I went back to scraping the pot, and pretty soon Mary Alice went bad: to practicing her tap. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Then took it out again and started knitting, the needles clicking and scraping against each other. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She fell to her knees and reached under the dresser with her hand, the scrollwork of the front bottom edge scraping against her arm painfully. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z While Xenophilius’s banging and scraping drew nearer and nearer, Hermione managed to free Ron with the use of a Hover Charm. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The man took no notice, he was bending down, and scraping in the shingle. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It involved scraping cells from the cervix with a curved glass pipette and examining them under a microscope for precancerous changes that TeLinde and a few others had identified years earlier. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Lourdes studies the checkered linoleum, longs to dig for her bones like a dog, claim them from the black-hooded earth, the scraping blade. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I say, “Calvin, you are scraping a trail.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z She could hear Hibiscus screaming, his voice warped and bending as it went on and on, scraping his throat. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z One foot dragged, so that as he walked, he made a little scraping sound upon the ground. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He held out his hand and poured the scrapings into Tom’s hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Knees against chin, elbows and spine scraping the duct walls as he turned himself around. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z To Taran’s amazement the brambles began to shudder as though being pushed from inside; then, with much scraping and snapping of twigs, the whole mass opened a crack. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z After a few moments he heard a scraping above him and saw the faint reflection of the golden ball. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “By scraping. It’s the procedure with dried blood. You have to scrape.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She tripped and fell, face first, scraping her knee open on a stone and smashing her fingers when her hands hit the hard-packed earth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The path was almost entirely overgrown now, and the bushes clawed at him, scraping at the infected burns until he was close to sobbing with the pain. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z An elbow hits me in the side and I fall down, my face scraping something hard and metal—the side of a table. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He scratched the side of his face, his fingernails scraping along the patchy stubble of his jaw. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z For every big earner, there were hundreds more just scraping along. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I push my chair back, the legs scraping on the tiles, and he looks up. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard behind his head a creaking and scraping sound. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The frantic and all too graphic squeaks, scuffling, and scraping followed, and when she felt him go rigid Stephanie again explained: “Don’t worry, it’s only a mouse.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept his eyes firmly on the Coke bottle label, his thumbnail scraping the wet paper away. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z She grabbed a handful of them and began scraping them up and down on the same spot until her hand was bloody. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Evan had his hand on the railing when the scraping noise stopped. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Day after day he went out as before, delving and scraping for food, as thin and dry as a hollow bamboo stick. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Mariam, who’d been busy scraping out the last of the honey from a metal tin, paused to stare at her father. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z And, everywhere he looked, Milo saw little men no bigger than himself busy digging and chopping, shoveling and scraping, pulling and tugging carts full of stone from one place to another. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Calder was scraping the T back and forth on the wooden bench. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Minli started awake as she heard the scraping of the door against the dirt. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The latest works cost £2.3m, which would be the tiniest scraping in the giant Marmite jar of, for example, Olympic funding, but which has a more obvious and immediate local benefit. Horniman Museum; Bauhaus Live – review 2012-05-26T23:05:30Z Reduce the heat to medium; add the onion and cook for 1 minute, stirring and scraping up any browned bits, then stir in the shredded broccoli and carrot and the apricots; cook for 1 minute. The one-skillet answer to keeping pork chops moist (and healthful) 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z For now, the volunteers fight a rear-guard action, scraping away at the sometimes stubborn deposits with their scalpels. In Italy, immersive travel program combines sightseeing and conserving frescoes 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z “Having a seafood platter on your own is scraping the barrel — even Françoise Sagan couldn’t have described that, it’s too dreadful for words.” In Michel Houellebecq’s ‘Serotonin,’ the Provocative Beat Goes On (and On) 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Working stiffs scraping by were once admired, even mythologized as the salt of the earth. ‘Good People’ portrays the haves and have-nots 2013-03-16T16:53:55Z Some of the best movies in history have dealt with characters who were just barely scraping by — “Bicycle Thieves” and “The Grapes of Wrath,” “Midnight Cowboy” and “Modern Times.” Hollywood doesn’t make many movies about poverty. ‘The Florida Project’ bucks the trend. 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Maloof was born in a tough neighborhood on the West Side and describes a childhood “scraping by” with his widowed mother. Probing the Mysteries of a Photographer and Her Images 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Cook for several minutes, scraping the pan to dislodge any browned bits, until the wine has reduced by half. Of all the ways chicken and sausage can be cobbled together, this might be the tastiest 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z When you look at it this way, all of the absurd verbal bowing and scraping is precisely the point. Why the baroque politeness of diplomatic notes is what the world needs now 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z The valuable materials contained in illuminated manuscripts could lay them open to later vandalism, such as the scraping off of gold leaf and ultramarine to obtain precious metals and minerals. Fitzwilliam Museum Celebrates the Birth and Glory of Color Manuscripts 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z She spent more some two years scraping together money and learning to train the camels that would accompany her. John Curran's 'Tracks' recounts epic Aussie trek 2013-08-29T16:22:11Z It is now believed that he later took the canvas with him to Paris and painted the still life over it without scraping away the original painting or even priming over it. ArtsBeat: Invisible Evidence Restores a van Gogh Attribution 2012-03-20T16:47:52Z Levi will conduct a 25-piece orchestra playing her scraping, haunting arrangements for two screenings of the film on Jan. 6. 'Under the Skin' screens with live orchestra at the Regent 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z And while her mom's peanut butter tempers the fire of the serranos, Andrea goes even further, scraping out the seeds and ribs to taste more of the grassiness, with less of the heat. The secret ingredient in this salsa is peanut butter — or is it? 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Last month the city council announced it would use similar “scraping” techniques as Inside Airbnb to investigate illegal rentals. Airbnb: from homesharing cool to commercial giant 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z In much of Ms. Arnold’s work, her eye often trains itself on small details: flower petals or tree branches scraping against windows. ‘American Honey’: Open Highways, Free Spirits 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z The percussion is lush and, in spots, digitally rickety, ranging from far away camera snaps to gently scraping snares. Friday Favorites: USF, Sax G Whiz, ????? 2010-08-27T17:09:00Z In their acknowledgments, the authors also state that “in almost all cases, material is taken from original interviews” but admit to scraping public comments from news conferences and conventions into the manuscript. A New Bible for Obsessive Fans of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Further detail on the inadequacy of your previous position would be, as you say, long and irrelevant — with a whiff of scraping your boots off on the rung you just left. @Work Advice: No good way to say it. Deflecting—or not firing—casual insults. Whenever you see it on a playbill, it's nearly always a badge of orchestral managers and conductors scraping the barrel of their creative imaginations. Bored by Brahms? Do you find Telemann tedious? 2011-07-06T12:06:36Z The oldest method of making hash, known as 'finger hash,' is made by scraping off the residue that builds up on trimmers' hands over time. A beginner’s guide to cooking with kief and hash 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z You pull the leaves off, dip them in melted butter and draw them between your teeth, scraping out the good stuff. Perspective | New artichoke variety puts purple on your plate faster 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Some brick is hard and smooth and withstands scraping; other brick is rough, soft and nearly impossible to scrape. How to repair broken stained glass Yet as Jessica Bradley wrote in February for BBC Future, "That habit of scraping the burnt bits off your toast might not be such a bad idea." Are burnt foods really bad for you — and why do we love them so much? 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z The figure is seen scraping oil off his skin after exercising. Greek masterpiece comes to London 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Once all the powdered sugar is incorporated, turn mixer to high and whip for at least 7 minutes or longer, scraping sides. Recipe: Cream Cheese Frosting 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z But it’s all part of his coordinated whirligig language of scraping and rubbing, ringing and scrunching. Music Review: Wayne Horvitz, and Sax and Percussion, at the Stone 2010-04-08T22:12:00Z It was left to Laura Deyermond, the vineyard manager, to walk through each block, scraping through bark to observe the cambium and gauge the survival rate. California Wine Country Rebuilds as Threats Persist 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Then he got down to business, brushing, pouring and scraping paint in ways no one would describe as tasteful, much less harmonious or composed. When unnatural colors are brushed, poured and scraped into unexpected beauty 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Ice cream for dessert may seem vanilla, but the house-churned scoops find takers scraping the silver bowl clean. New in New York: 3 restaurants with flash, flair and flavor. 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z This guy who had been reduced from being a bigshot supervillain — he took Superman out of the sky — who is now scraping gum off the floor at the beginning of the movie. James Gunn Nearly Blew Up His Career. Now He’s Back With ‘The Suicide Squad’ 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z LiS’s head was reeling and its jaw scraping the floor in astonishment. Kendall Jenner: the Kardashian sister who’s ‘too fat’ for modelling 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Its title is apt: much of the piece is about shifting textures — slowly sliding chordal figures; brash, fortissimo string scraping; pianissimo arpeggios — and eerie, hard-to-define tonalities. Music Review: An Extravagant Farewell to Summer 2010-09-03T22:47:00Z Once it shimmers, stir in the tofu mixture and cook, stirring and occasionally scraping the bottom of the pan, until the mixture becomes dark brown and crispy in parts, 12 to 15 minutes. This is the messy, spicy, overstuffed sandwich that will make you reconsider vegan food 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z For all their testaments to the power of the imagination, these movies often represent the opposite: the scraping of the barrel of English literature. Goodbye Christopher Robin and the problem with author biopics 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z All made this year, these paintings each ostensibly depict a planet looming above an object on the ground, whether a bicycle or a ghostly looking shrub created with a palette knife scraping away lime-green paint. 5 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z But she also did much of the grunt work herself, meticulously scraping off layers of paint to find original design and colors. Jane?s Carousel at Brooklyn Bridge Park 2011-09-01T22:01:15Z “Mad Men” is set during what industry insiders called the Creative Revolution, when advertising professionals stopped bowing and scraping before the client and overturned the traditional language of advertising itself. Ad absurdum and the conquest of cool: Canned flattery for corporate America 2013-12-22T12:00:00Z The PR team even admit it's an "umbrella campaign on a low budget" funded by Arts Council England who are scraping through, expecting large cuts next year. A plea for old poetry 2010-10-02T11:59:00Z Not quite – but unlike virtually every other instrument there's no plucking, strumming, scraping, pressing, striking or clicking required. Jo Hamilton 2011-07-09T23:05:39Z Mr. Teicher is reaching back before the invention of metal taps to an earlier tradition of thumping and scraping, but he applies it to his own ends. Review: A Tap Prodigy, Growing Up in Public 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z But it is also an important reminder of just how upset people become when women are not scraping and cutting off bits of themselves in order to be pleasing to the public’s eye. Why does female armpit hair provoke such outrage and disgust? 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Another holds a sponge for oils and a strigil, an instrument for scraping oil and sweat from the body. The Kylix Marvel: Why Experts Distrust the Story of an Ancient Cup’s Rebirth 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Here, in his authorial debut, he pulls off the nearly impossible, scraping the barnacles off the Christmas tale and successfully applying it where it would seem least likely to work. Comics: 'Batman: Noel' a dream for Christmas present 2011-11-11T20:50:04Z From early hypertext experiments to newer forms such as Flarf and Alt Lit, writers have been scraping digital language and cobbling together challenging works of digitally sourced literature for the better part of four decades. Why I Am Teaching a Course Called “Wasting Time on the Internet” 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z “I hope people boycott the site. This is really scraping the barrel. It’s twisted and warped,” Simmons went on to say. Kate Middleton's family removes 'Zombie Princess' costume following controversy 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z He briefly had his own label, taping local bands in clubs and occasionally in his own living room, before scraping together the money to buy his first studio. Mack Emerman, Recording Studio Founder, Dies at 89 2013-05-28T15:38:39Z Achieving the time-worn look took, it turned out, lots of time scratching and scraping at the film. - The Washington Post By 2 o’clock in the afternoon I will be in the hospital, nurses and social workers reciting health risks and injecting me with things and swabbing and scraping the “evidence” off my body. How people reacted to my rape 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z A staple of TV serials during the 50s now facing obsolescence as tastes morph, he is scraping by on guest spots casting him as a novelty, a reference to himself. The end of an era: age, time and change in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z His father was an air traffic controller who joined the strike in 1981 and lost his job, leaving his once secure family scraping to get by. Gregory Pardlo, Pulitzer Winner for Poetry, on His Sudden Fame 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z For seven minutes this went on, full of scraping sadness and guitar hypnosis. Music Review: Angel Olsen Sings From Her New Album at Le Poisson Rouge 2014-02-21T22:53:23Z The room fills with the familiar cacophony of a class ending: chairs scraping floors, students unzipping bags, murmurs about lunch and papers due. Latina, at the white, male New York Times: “Why are people thinking it’s OK to say racist sh-t in front of me?” 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z "We were barely scraping by on my job." Sticker situation to reclassify cars at higher fee 2011-10-14T02:31:00Z Auerbach gets here by painting, repainting, repainting; by scraping off earlier versions of the composition dozens, if not hundreds, of times. The Gloopy Glory of Frank Auerbach’s Portraits 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Add the spiced onion mixture back to the pan and heat over medium heat, scraping any lamb flavoring from the base of the pan. Recipe: Clay Oven’s Spicy Habanero Lamb Vindaloo 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z "The Coast Guard will either be pulling people off their roofs like in Katrina or we'll be scraping them out of their yards." Irene's winds smash into North Carolina coast 2011-08-27T11:03:00Z As the hoofers trade turns in the spotlight, each yields songs from the ground, scraping and stroking and piercing the floor in ways that confound the eye and ear with their intricacy. Review: Mourning in Tap Shoes at Jacob’s Pillow 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Given the choice between relinquishing their power and wealth to a husband, or scraping their way through life as servants, how could a person judge these women for choosing to sell sex? Sex and the City: “Harlots” provides an engaging view of the sex trade in 18th century London 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z In a small saucepan over medium, heat the milk along with the vanilla bean, splitting and scraping the inside of the pod into the milk. Desserts bring iconic flavors and scents to your Christmas dinner 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Mr. Iyer chills recollections of the sonata’s dancing variations until bone-dry, asking for percussive plunks from Mr. Wosner and scraping moans from Ms. Koh before speeding into a wild, flooding finale. Review: For Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer,’ a Chance to Compare and Contrast 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z The music started: “Antepoc,” with a cloud of scraping synthesizer noise, then a bass line and a beat. Music Review: Duchess Says, Canadian Band, at Public Assembly 2012-08-26T21:11:40Z In decades past, self-publishing meant scraping together the money to pay a vanity press. A stranger e-mailed saying he planned to kill himself. What was I supposed to do? 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z You’ve got a fortune in one sense and are just scraping by in another. 'The Affair' Recap: Alison Hits Brooklyn, 'Girls' Style 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z Rosenbloom does not spare us the details of the methods by which skin-bound books were made, right down to the techniques of tanning, soaking and scraping the “hides” to preserve them. Yes, Books Were Bound in Human Skin. An Intrepid Librarian Finds the Proof. 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z At the time, leaders said the company had been scraping by financially and was having trouble making ends meet. Elephant Theatre Co. in Hollywood bids farewell, for now at least 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Add remaining ingredients and process until smooth, about 1 to 1½ minutes, scraping down sides of bowl as necessary. Mom’s lunchbox friend: Dip 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z And each day as the project progressed, the scraping high frequencies grew louder and sharper, shaking the bones of the walls and rattling the bulbs in their sockets. Perspective | You call it a root canal. I call it a bittersweet symphony. 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Use a mixer to cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, scraping the sides of the bowl occasionally, about five minutes. Recipe: Classic Red Velvet Cake with Ermine Icing 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z Add the mayonnaise, adobo powder, and pepper and blend on high until slightly grainy in texture, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed, about 2 minutes. Summer party-approved: Briny cotija cheese is the star of this spiced Peruvian dip 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z After scraping through piles of dirt and stones, researchers found what appear to be pieces of the carved headdress from a female deity that Toek Tik recalls removing. He Sold Away His People’s Heritage. He’s in the Jungle to Get It Back. 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z His hopes of scraping together a family and leaving Charming are gone. 'Sons of Anarchy' Season 7 premiere: Jax's final ride will be bloody 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Troy, a married middle-aged sanitation worker scraping by in 1950s Pittsburgh, is one of the most memorable characters in Wilson’s 10-play cycle chronicling 20th century African American life. Casey versus Denzel: Oscar's lead actor race is a dramatic study in contrasts 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Repeat process of scraping the batter down and mixing until creamy. Nutella Cheesecake Brownies are a ‘dangerously’ delicious fall dessert: Try the recipe 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z Or, possibly, the success of her writing — of her career — will mean that she can enjoy the cooking and hire someone else to do the scraping. “Dinner: A Love Story” 2012-07-26T16:25:00Z Deglaze both sheet pans by pouring ½ cup of stock onto each pan and scraping it clean with a spatula. How to make gravy: Everything you’ve ever wanted to know 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z It is a post-apocalyptic opera of sorts, with blasts of rams' horn, dog barks, scraping swords, machetes. Scott Walker: Brother beyond 2012-11-23T19:28:49Z Deglaze the pan with the white wine, scraping the bottom of the pan to dislodge any browned bits. Pumpkin-pie spice isn’t just for fall lattes 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z It conjures up Bennett's father playing the violin sweetly – with his butcher's hands smelling of meat and his perfect pitch – and Bennett, the sensitive, scraping the notes. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Untold Stories – review 2013-03-17T00:05:53Z Yet its tart composition, our view from the outside, the scintillating tactility of the blade scraping away the soap, remind us that the medium doesn’t matter. Computers and Painting’s Identity Crisis 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Police tracked the 19-year-old down and reported that she confessed to scraping the car. Woman at Whataburger drive-thru damages car after attempting to cut in line: police report 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z He often rotated the works 90 or 180 degrees, Hoenigswald said, but he worked without obscuring the previous work with a new ground layer of paint or scraping off the earlier pigment. X-rays reveal lost treasures beneath paintings 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z “Dirty” because he roughs them up with post-Sondheim technique, scraping the surface to bring up the blood. Review: A Pageant of Love and Antisemitism, in ‘Parade’ 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Some of those items include hair, blood and fingernail scrapings from the victims. Death row inmate says new DNA test will exonerate him 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Whether scraping his thigh with a hairbrush or trying to strangle himself with the wires of a Nintendo console, Stevie clearly doesn’t accept himself, despite his newfound friendships. “Mid90s” exposes the violence of boyhood: Teen trauma is a masculine rite of passage, too 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z They were scraping money together to make these films, but they were fairly ingenious in their creativity, imagination and resourcefulness. Human, all too human: 10 sci-fi films that show what it means to be alive 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Sugar appeared to become agitated at several points, accusing Philippa Jackson, representing English at the tribunal, of "scraping the barrel" with her questioning. Alan Sugar alleges disgruntled apprentice is 'suspicious and untrusting' 2013-03-07T19:58:43Z I don’t mind pulling beards and scraping barnacles – a curved knife is ace for this – especially when it means you reveal an inky blue-black shell, with a tortoiseshell tip. Rachel Roddy’s leeks and mussels tagliatelle recipe | A Kitchen in Rome 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Good, now I’m scraping it into a garbage can where it belongs. Orange is the new yuck: why autumn foods make me sick 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z At the time, the band was barely scraping by; that album would launch it into superstardom. Sundance brings together Nirvana alums 2013-01-25T01:57:08Z So I started wearing big hoop earrings and scraping my hair back and dressing like they did. Greta Gerwig: ‘I don't need a man. I would have done all this anyway' 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Stir well and reduce the wine while scraping the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Rebellious recipes for bolognese 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z But Karen is not really “about scraping information about you and shocking you into awareness,” Mr. Adams said. Karen, an App That Knows You All Too Well 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Dishwashers are scraping plates instead of spraying them, and packing dishes more tightly into machines. California’s Drought Changes Habits in the Kitchen 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z Process until smooth, about 1 to 1½ minutes, scraping down sides of bowl as necessary. Mom’s lunchbox friend: Dip 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z Last year, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said Gill “virtually weaponized the instrument with his stabbing, scraping attack and feedback sorcery.” Andy Gill, guitarist for punk band Gang of Four, has died 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z Mimi's tactless treatment of the tomboyish young Gallagher makes for awkward laughs, but these plots are really scraping the Jockey's beer barrel. TV highlights 16/04/2013 2013-04-16T06:01:35Z Their days are spent hustling and scraping for the essentials of food, shelter and the next fix, but also companionship and solace. 'Heavens Knows What' star knows all about the street life film depicts 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z We timed the grizzly bears at the moment they began to wrestle, and their long claws made eerie scraping sounds when they ran. Weekend getaways: With Legoland, grizzly-watching and other kid-friendly delights, parents can’t lose in San Diego 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Lauter uses oil pastel and soft pastel as sculptural instruments, thickening the surface with crust, scraping it away, carving into it with fine notches. Flower? Animal? Person? The color-drenched questions in Mimi Lauter's drawings 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z The clip then shows the Epic scraping against one of the mooring points, sending it underwater. Norwegian cruise ship filmed crashing into mooring points in Puerto Rico: 'Epic fail' 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Not that long ago, Allison Tolman was working temp jobs in Chicago, scraping together dough and auditioning for anything and everything. Emmys 2014: 'Fargo's' Allison Tolman marks a major understatement of the year 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z But he’s alive, and he’s scraping by — and feeling optimistic, suddenly, about establishing a new life outside the ring. Every pro wrestler respects a good shtick. That’s why this one voted for Trump. 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Even if you’re full, you might find yourself scraping the plate. Belly full: New York's bacon restaurant – and its nine-course tasting menu 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z Having done his stretch after falsely confessing to the hit-and-run killing of Scotty Lockhart, Noah was alone, scraping a living by teaching writing at a university in New Jersey. ‘The Affair’ Season 3 Premiere: Tough Times for Noah 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z The 88-minute film has no dialogue, but it’s far from silent: The soundtrack is full of the sounds of beating, screaming, slicing, moaning and knives scraping bone. The New York Asian Film Festival Returns 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Watson said that if he were doing this on his own house, he would start by washing the surfaces, not by scraping and sanding as many people assume. Why does this exterior paint keep blistering? 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z In April, sensing it might be in trouble, I took a penknife to its smooth gray bark, scraping it to reveal the cambium level below. After the harsh winter, a spring undertaking It’s the cruel poetry of detail that is so heartbreaking: the handles of the ovens, the fingernail scrapings on the ceilings of the cells. 50 documentaries you need to see 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z “Every table is a chef’s table,” says my companion, scraping a sauce of saffron-colored coconut milk from a bowl containing a single buttery scallop and shards of rice cracker. Review | Discovering big things in a quaint package at a new Virginia dining destination 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z The spread that found two of us scraping every speck from its bowl is muhamarra, red bell peppers and toasted walnuts laced with sweet-tart pomegranate molasses. Review | Maydan is the gathering place we’ve been waiting for 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z The scene closed with detectives scraping some of Ike’s vile hand meat off the butt of the gun and into an evidence bag. Twin Peaks recap: episode seven – welcome back, Agent Cooper! 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Once, she panicked because she woke up to a scraping sound: A neighbor was dragging his trash can to the curb in the middle of the night, Mr. Oswalt said. Hunting — and Haunted by — a Serial Killer 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z From guitars come open chords in strange tunings, scraping against the key; from keyboards come mellow polytonal clusters. Mark E. Smith Shows His Staying Power 2010-04-30T19:55:00Z Mix on low speed just until the flour is incorporated, scraping down the bowl as necessary. How to decorate cookies like a pro baker 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z Combine on slow speed until flour is just mixed in, scraping the bowl down to ensure all ingredients are combined. How to eat your Christmas tree 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z This multilayered story shows a community in economic and social collapse, scraping a living from seasonal tourism, which the constant arrival of destitute illegal migrants threatens to undermine. Film: Passionate Tales of Lost Identities 2011-09-08T12:30:07Z “Cooking is emotional,” Ms. Argondizza said, shouting over the sounds of shuffling clogs and knife edges scraping against steel. A New Door Into the Kitchen for Aspiring Chefs 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z And, as I was scraping away at my violin, I started wondering about musical instruments. Why aren't there more musical instruments in children's books? 2012-09-28T17:21:46Z A single question circled round and round inside my skull, its serrated edges making a scraping sound that no one else could hear. I love my dog as much as my child 2012-11-10T17:00:00Z She’s backed by the Colorist Orchestra, a happily quirky Belgian chamber-pop ensemble that mixes standard instruments with homemade ones — including, for this song, the sound of stone scraping stone. Red Hot Chili Peppers Honor Eddie Van Halen, and 10 More New Songs 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z When it had cooled to the proper working temperature of 32 degrees Celsius, he divided the still-liquid chocolate between two bowls, scraping the film left behind into neat lines. Brussels: The Chocolate Trail 2011-12-23T17:57:07Z Lanky bass wiz Mark Mattrey is bouncing around behind him, his head nearly scraping the ceiling while pounding out a stream of rubber-band bass lines. Sea Monster Lounge and 700 Funk keep piece of old Seattle alive 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z So this year, instead of scraping together another tiresome turkey sandwich, try a turkey recipe adapted from Alfred Suzanne’s “150 Ways to Accommodate Leftovers.” What to do with those Thanksgiving leftovers? Look to the French 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z Is it just that we're reaching the final splintery barrel scrapings? Acceptable in the 80s 2010-07-29T21:00:00Z “These were 5- and 6-year-old kids. The teacher must have thought, ‘They’re really scraping the bottom of the barrel with the volunteers.’” Their First Adventures Began on a Slow Bus 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z “I saw Kyle go over and use his fingers to start scraping out the cake from these shots.” A ‘Summer House’ Wedding Five Seasons in the Making 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z The grasshoppers sound out their steady scraping shriek. Jon McGregor We Wave And Call 2011-07-22T22:00:49Z Growing up fast and hard in New York in the late forties and early fifties, and scraping around the edges of photojournalism, Kubrick the young filmmaker was certainly aware of all this. The Half-Century Anniversary of 'Dr. Strangelove' 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z The Great Hall was filled with the clanging of metal scraping metal. Have at thee! Special Forces veteran revives medieval combat skills. 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z If you do use oil the first one will stick and not work out well...but after scraping it off the rest of them will be fine. A Dosa Lesson From a Professional 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z While the processor is running, slowly add the olive oil in a steady stream until well blended and fairly smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. How to eat like a Vermont farmer — starting with this luscious burrata salad 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z In what might be this memoir’s decisive paragraph, he writes, like a dentist scraping around a nerve: A Survivor Recalls the Charlie Hebdo Massacre and a Long Road to Recovery 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z She spent the next several years bouncing between jobs, scraping by first as a streetcar conductor and cook who read the Russians — Dostoevsky, Turgenev, Chekhov — in her free time. Maya Angelou, writer and poet, dies at age 86 On the younger end of the spectrum, “20 Feet From Stardom” showcases Judith Hill, a statuesque 29-year-old singer who is scraping and clawing for that solo break. Backup Singers Are the Focus of ’20 Feet From Stardom’ 2013-06-07T12:00:01Z “If you spend money on Botox or filler or whatever self-care for beautiful skin, you want people to see it, so this renewed idea of scraping the hair away from the face makes sense.” Why We Love the Bouffant 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z "It takes around two hours and involves a lot of scraping and scratching." 2010-02-09T09:57:00Z A few years later, the war is over, Elena is pregnant and she and Silvio are scraping by in Rome, where he writes for a left-wing newspaper. ‘Una Vita Difficile’ Review: Life Comes at You Fast 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Dunk them in melted butter before scraping off the sweet fleshy bits between your teeth. Diving Into the Artichoke, That Delicious Mess 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Sometimes acquaintances will sadly tut-tut about her hungry days splitting a $1.99 breakfast with her mother, and scraping together cash for a dollar slice of pizza at night. Hilary Swank on grit, love, trans rights – and her three-year screen break 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z “One night, we were tapping, and he did a scraping drag thing with his foot,” Ms. Moore said. Shall They Dance? Making ‘La La Land’ Move 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z “I was supposed to pretend to be some kind of great healer,” the narrator says, but his medical expertise rarely involves more than scraping up bits of his friends and zipping them in bags. Review | Nico Walker is a convicted bank robber. ‘Cherry’ proves he’s also a must-read author. 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Add the vinegar and deglaze the pot, scraping up any browned bits with a wooden spoon, then let the liquid reduce for about 2 minutes. Trisha Yearwood's collard-stuffed wontons with hot honey pimento sauce are the best new comfort food 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z Keep scraping bottom of pot so it doesn't burn. This 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z It is no great surprise that this tastes better than the pork scrapings that McDonald’s molds into an eerily soft raft. Won Ton Soup and Other Essential New York Tastes, Updated at Bonnie’s 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z That could be the motto of a New Age soldier, listening to Enya as he slaughters a foe; but Ender is barely scraping puberty. Ender’s Game: Is This Boy ‘The One’? 2013-11-01T23:16:53Z Marco Breuer starts with traditionally processed color prints, which he subjects to merciless alteration; sanding, scraping, drilling, and burning the print’s emulsion, he creates an abraded surface that glistens with jewel-like colors. Experiments in Analog Photography 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z If you want to tackle the work yourself and scraping off existing veneer is something you’re willing to do, you can buy replacement veneer at a woodworking store. Restoring cabinet veneer may take more than elbow grease 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Return the mixture to the stove and, whisking continuously and scraping the bottom and corners of the pan, cook over medium heat until the mixture comes to a simmer and thickens. Desserts bring iconic flavors and scents to your Christmas dinner 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z She came within an inch of scraping skin off her nose and landed in the pool with limbs splayed awkwardly. Religion ruined my childhood 2014-02-16T00:00:00Z The group spans Oakland’s socioeconomic divide, with some members barely scraping by, and others living in spacious aeries with killer views. Quilts With a Sense of Place, Stitched in Oakland 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z A mysterious, repetitive scraping is coming from inside. 'Jesus, Ralph, you're dangerous' | Rupert Thomson 2010-03-27T00:36:00Z As recently as 1996, a poll of historians ranked Grant as an abject failure, scraping the bottom of the presidential barrel along with Warren G. Harding, Richard Nixon and James Buchanan. How do you top ‘Hamilton’? Author Ron Chernow is about to find out. 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Most grinders with a kief catcher come with a miniature spackle tool for scraping the crystals from the grinder. A beginner’s guide to cooking with kief and hash 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z After bouncing in and out of a run of low-wage, dead-end jobs, he’s scraping together a living as a freelance website designer. Bill Clinton vs. Lena Dunham: The Shakespearean battle of boomers and millennials 2014-03-01T21:00:00Z If a young person comes in, or someone just barely scraping by, sometimes he won’t charge them at all. He’s the Brusque Mr. Fix-It for Mexico City’s Accordions 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z It made just over half of what its predecessor devoured in the US and less than $400m worldwide, barely scraping past what the 1998 version mustered. Summer box office 2019: what are the major lessons of the season? 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Delos Incorporated has been scraping data out of the mind of its wealthy customers, sealing memories and identities in a massive backup storage facility known by many names: the Forge, Glory, the Valley Beyond. The American experience, as "Westworld" 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z But for your situation, both of these methods are likely to cause a mess, so you might just try scraping the adhesive as-is first. How to replace a kitchen drawer 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Wiping, washing, scrubbing, scraping, rubbing, rinsing, dusting, disinfecting: all the chores he’s done during the life of our relationship. Modern Love: Chained to the Hearth or Warmed by It? 2013-09-05T23:01:20Z A cleaning woman was sweeping the street and sidewalk in front of the house next to his childhood home, the bristles of her broom scraping the concrete. Mexico City as the Director of ‘Roma’ Remembers It (and Hears It) 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z In Britain, digging, scraping or detecting without a permit is forbidden by law. The New Detectorists 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z The second movement is more kinetic, full of scraping effects and staggered bursts of eerie phrases. Review: Ligeti Forward Celebrates a Master Modern Composer 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z “Every artist is scraping by, trying to get some attention for their work,” he said. Young Gallerists Are Transforming New York?s Art Scene 2011-09-30T21:57:32Z In the B-flat major’s concerto’s Allegretto, Altstaedt trades expressive elegance with frenetic bowing, as if furiously scraping an old house, flakes of paint flying everywhere. CD reviews: Early music on the cutting edge 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Add the vanilla bean scrapings and the pod. How to transform a bakery croissant into something marvelous 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z The show belongs to Koh, whether playing soulful melody, making the raspy scraping sound of strings into poetry, or just tossing off plain, fabulous old-fashioned virtuosity. Vijay Iyer jazzes up the Ojai Music Festival 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z So Saul/Gene waits for another mall employee to happen by and open the other door, though not before scraping “S.G. was here” on a wall. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2 Premiere: No Seriously, Call Saul 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z For one, Dr Alice is on TV pretty much every night – certainly any programme that involves wearing the kind of sensible outdoor clothing that might come from Blacks, and scraping around in the past. TV review: Digging for Britain and Mistresses 2010-08-20T05:45:00Z Whicker replied that he wanted to see who the makers would go to when they were scraping the bottom of the barrel. Alan Whicker, globetrotting TV presenter, dies aged 87 2013-07-12T14:56:37Z Rubbing out, scraping away, scumbling, glazing, trickling, thinning, he altered the picture according to his idiosyncratic logic. Thomas Nozkowski’s Final Statement 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z And then we ended up scraping off the rest of the icing, too, because of the aforementioned freezer odor. Wedding cake, thawed for your anniversary: Should this tradition die? The knife was used for a variety of purposes, such as pricking and correcting errors by scraping the parchment. Why so many medieval manuscripts feature doodles – and what they reveal 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z Step 3 Add 2 tablespoons of water and stir, scraping the bottom of the pan to get all of the brown bits. This cheesy, no-tear French onion soup is ready in under 30 minutes 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Cream together butter and mascarpone in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, occasionally scraping down the sides to ensure even mixing. 1850s gingerbread spice cake is the taste of Christmas nostalgia 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Amber is 16 and pregnant, and, though she has her mother for support, scraping together cash is daunting, and soon they will have another mouth to feed. TV highlights 09/01/2013 2013-01-08T20:00:01Z Impossibly crusty, scraping the roof of my mouth in the best kind of way. Those first post-birth meals are the most special — 6 parents explain why 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Both toy with barely audible noises, such as rubbing or scraping instruments with foreign objects, that may or may not blossom into full-fledged lush tonal sonorities. International music fest compares Latin, Asian sounds with Tambuco and Toshio Hosokawa 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Stir to mix with the roasting juices, scraping up any deliciousness from the pan, then trickle over the peppers. Nigel Slater’s peppers recipes 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z The lights dimmed as their blades continued scraping; now in silhouette, the skaters drove their bodies with a vigorous, muscular ease. Review: The Brooklyn Academy Dips a Toe Back in With Live Skating 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z And then there is the slice of graduates effectively underemployed, using a college degree for positions that don’t require one or barely scraping by, working in call centers, bars or art-supply stores. Recent College Graduates Wait for Their Real Careers to Begin 2011-09-01T00:01:27Z "We were just sick and tired of being sick and tired of all the bills and living in California and barely scraping by," Akpan told Fox. Mom moves family into an RV to help pay debt, travel full-time: ‘Life is too short’ 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z We were always scraping a living in those early days, often working as stage hands, cooks and cleaners. Jack Birkett obituary 2010-05-28T15:44:00Z Spam’s makers are keen to point out that there’s no hidden “scrapings or useless bits of pork”, and that it’s all from the shoulder or rear. ‘It's flavourful as hell’: welcome to Hawaii’s annual Spam festival 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z Go-karting in Cannes, Richards's kart flipped and he was dragged 50 meters down the tarmac, scraping all the skin from his back. In St. Tropez, the Rolling Stones made "Exile on Main St." — and turned rock stars into high society 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z The Forgotten Girls, meanwhile, try to recover their lives in Maiduguri, a city targeted repeatedly by Boko Haram, scraping by on support from aid groups. Stolen daughters: what happened after #BringBackOurGirls? 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z It tells the story of the fatherless and heavy-drinking Flannigan brothers who drift from motel to motel in Nevada after their mother's death when they are young, scraping by with odd jobs. 'The Motel Life' explores brotherly love in a seedy, sad setting 2013-11-08T14:08:29Z This obsessive ritual of creation and destruction — scraping down oil or acrylic paint, rubbing charcoal away — was geared toward producing “the perfect image that is totally pure, totally powerful, totally true, totally new,” he said. At 91, Frank Auerbach Is Still Searching for the Perfect Image 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z The hardcore metal trio resumes its litany of strangulating vocals, scraping grind and testosterone-rich heaviness. Pitchfork Festival Day 2: 2013-07-20T23:51:00Z Mr. Severns’s sister, Lorraine Taggart, 50, spent hours with a paring knife scraping the pitch off pine nuts, a prized dress ornament. Traditions Revived at a Tribal Culture Camp 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z I swore that I wouldn't let my children eat in my fresh, clean new car after scraping one too many Skittles off the floor mats of the old one. Motherlode Blog: Grading a Blogger's Resolutions 2013-01-01T14:26:36Z Since scraping their sneakers at Jefferson, Massive Monkees went on to win some of the most prestigious international competitions, including R-16 in South Korea. The legacy of Soul One, a steward of Seattle hip-hop culture, lives on 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z Grill may work on a given piece for years, adding paint and scraping it away again in an improvised journey toward a sort of monochrome interrupted by a rain of contrasting marks. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z The young couple was scraping by, living in a one-bedroom flat near the National Zoo. Martine Rothblatt: She founded SiriusXM, a religion and a biotech. For starters. 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Last week, I worked for nine hours at 90-plus degrees scraping, sanding, caulking and painting my house. Pickle juice, yellow mustard for muscle cramps 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z I am only scraping the surface of this remarkable interpretation. Dance Review: A ?Swan? Of Complex Shades 2011-02-14T05:15:08Z The artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg contributed lifelike faces, printed in 3-D and made by scraping the DNA off discarded gum or cigarettes. Mmuseumm 2 to Open in TriBeCa, All 20 Square Feet of It 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z I heard the scraping of its claws traversing the steps and was struck by the realization that this creature was free to roam while I was stuck in this hole. My 11th time kicking heroin: My frightening journey from honor student to homeless junkie to mother of three 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z Or try scraping out the caulk, to eliminate the messy-looking tears in the caulking and paint. How to repair cracked molding seams 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z It worsens over time, often growing to include more trigger sounds: in my case, nail clipping and silverware scraping against teeth, in addition to chewing. Many people find the sound of chewing annoying. But for some, it produces panic or rage. 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z The family was "dirt poor," scraping by on meager bread and milk rations available in what was then an underdeveloped country. AP Interview: Simmons blasts Israel boycotters 2011-03-22T22:46:04Z There’s pleasure in scraping sticky bits off your fingers, something grounding about working anything other than clacky keys and glassy screens. Baking That’s Simple, but Always Satisfying 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Stir in broth, scraping up any browned bits; transfer to slow cooker. This slow-cooker turkey chili is a leaner alternative to a classic dish that doesn't skip on flavor 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z Two years after we moved here, we were still scraping the paint. Jane?s Carousel at Brooklyn Bridge Park 2011-09-01T22:01:15Z Sometimes there is the sense of scraping together a little happiness. John Edgar Wideman’s Stories Vividly Evoke Life in Pittsburgh and Many Other Places 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z If the razor blade isn’t scraping off any glue, abandon this treatment. How to remove rust stains from metal chairs 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Instead, I am working from home, trying to keep her entertained at best, neglecting her to screens at worst, while barely scraping by on my partner’s salary. Protect the sacred lives of women: To be pro-life, you must change your life 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Or else they’re scraping the barrel of punk’s fashion leftovers, like this Marc Jacobs jackboot design. Zara’s boggling blunder: Why can’t fashion designers resist the siren song of Holocaust iconography? 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z They’ll all be scraping for every tenth of a point of market share. Ford Looks Hypocritical In New Anti-Bailout Commercial 2011-09-19T20:57:36Z Since I was listening exclusively to punk at the time, it was this voice, with its distorted screech – the vocal equivalent of scraping a plectrum down guitar strings – that caught my attention. My hero: Bj?rk 2011-07-22T21:55:12Z And money is scarce, with many Parisians barely scraping by in the winter chill. ‘Le Club Noel’ musical, visiting 1933 Paris at Christmas, falls short 2013-12-10T03:34:58Z There are frost heaves, piles of salt, bulldozers scraping by and there you are, battering away at it with a shovel. Cambridge, Mass., launches sidewalk poetry program after record snows 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z That means cutting, scraping or grinding it away. What to do when a DIY repair leads to a mishap with polyurethane glue 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z “That decision was more difficult for him than the decision not to stay in our house. . . . We were scraping by.” In Mississippi, Jenny Beth Martin and Tea Party Patriots try to prove their worth Delicate scraping sounds, rumbling drum riffs, sudden thwacks and conch blasts became like a sporadic musical commentary on the stories. Music Review: David Lang’s ‘collected stories’ Series Ends With ‘memoir’ 2014-04-30T19:28:03Z By the time she is growing up in the 1980s, however, the pits are tapped out, the industry eviscerated by Thatcher and the inhabitants scraping by on government benefits and booze. Review: ‘How to Build a Girl,’ by Caitlin Moran The novel has elements of farce and a soundtrack of the scraping of twin beds being pushed together overhead. Deborah Moggach: a life in writing 2013-02-16T07:04:01Z His debut feature, Adam & Paul, updated the existential black comedy of Beckett's Waiting for Godot, with two addicts scraping their way through the underbelly of Dublin to grimly comic effect. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-04-06T23:05:13Z Underneath that is familiar Sonic Youth territory: scraping and scratchy guitars, tinny plinks and plucks, pleasing noise. Music Review: 'YOKOKIMTHURSTON' a weary creation 2012-09-28T17:46:06Z In return for the privilege of scraping by in a field they love, they are commonly expected to endanger themselves physically and emotionally. Shutting the Door on the Hard-Knock Life 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z A scraping cello on one path could have come from the trees, a bloom of jazz near Fifth Avenue improvises with the sunlight through the tree canopy. Perspective | ‘Soundwalk’ turns Central Park into an intoxicating musical adventure 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Just as I was scraping the little bowl clean the attendant returned. Flying Deluxe Domestic Coast-to-Coast for Around $1,000 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z New York’s economy was scraping bottom; infrastructurally, the town was a mess. JAM, a Gate-Crashing Gallery, Expanded the Idea of Blackness 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Create a tiki design by scraping away the pumpkin’s outer flesh. Halloween Pumpkins 2010-09-17T16:13:00Z He’s just giving you an almost beat-by-beat account: ‘Here I am scraping muck off the mirror.’ A Debate Over Karl Ove Knausgaard’s ‘My Struggle’ 2012-06-18T21:31:09Z Helmut Lachenmann's solo, "Pression," played with rapt percussive presence by Michael Kaufman, explores sounds the cello isn't supposed to make, be they ethereal scraping of the strings or industrial level strumming and banging. Music ensembles Hocket and Sakura bathe Monk Space in an acoustical glow 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The seafood sampler, said to be the pride of chef Kyle Bailey, finds us scraping zesty potted lobster from its ramekin and spearing a pickled radish to join the under-salted smoked whitefish on our forks. Review | The Salt Line is an instant hit, with superb seafood and a view to match 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Words appear to be carved, with scraping noises, into the walls, where they multiply, divide and fall in random hailstorms of letters. Review: What the Crow Knows in ‘Grief Is the Thing With Feathers’ 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z And they left a residue of cynicism we’re still scraping off, from our political apathy to the studios’ resentment that their DVD cash cow dropped dead. Magnolia to The Matrix: was 1999 the greatest year in modern cinema? 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z A massive scraping sound traveled through the ensemble in the 12th station; the final one began with savage fanfares. Women Rule at Ojai Festival, Unannounced 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z I enjoyed mowing, mulching and tending the vegetable patch: scraping back the soil to reveal a clutch of golden potatoes remains a vivid memory. 'A gardening career was not what was expected of me': one man's journey from law to lawn 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z “The days are tough and grinding, long needles scraping bone.” A California dream dead-ends in Joe McGinniss Jr.'s 'Carousel Court' 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z “Black Lightning” brings metahuman fantasy into a working-class neighborhood scraping and struggling for resources to offer opportunities to its citizens, a story not frequently seen in comic book films and movies. Smart Watch: This week’s TV heroines who nevertheless persist 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Sorry to be a spoilsport, reader, but my heart sinks at the sight of people bowing and scraping before aristocrats with titles they haven’t earned. Review: After the Terrors of the Blitz Comes ‘A Royal Night Out’ 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Start to add the stock, a ladleful or two at a time, stirring and scraping the rice in the pan as you do so. 20 best autumn recipes: part 2 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Still, Mr. McDonald said that Milhaud’s polytonal score, with different keys scraping against each other at any one moment, could be rewarding when approached the right way. An Operatic Rarity Picks Up Where Mozart and Rossini Left Off 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Process or pound, scraping the bowl as needed, until the leaves are finely chopped. How to turn the contents of your refrigerator into a simple, comforting meal 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Add the wine and cook, scraping up the brown bits stuck to the pan, for 1 minute. How to Make Thanksgiving Gravy 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z Pour the puree through a fine-mesh strainer into a medium bowl, pushing it through with a flexible spatula and scraping it into the bowl as it accumulates on the underside of the strainer. The smartest no-cook dessert you can make is a fool 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Add beef in batches and brown completely, scraping skillet often. After skiing, enjoy this hearty nosh with friends around a toasty fire 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z The owners of those buildings were sick of scraping up the mess post-elections, so they threatened to stop providing their spaces to the county. Behind the humble "I Voted" sticker's enduring appeal — and whether you'll get one this year 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z Reduce speed to low; add powered sugar 1 cup at a time and beat well, scraping down bowl as needed. Black forest sheet cake for a decadent Christmas dessert 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z But its constant bowing and scraping set my teeth on edge. Film review: Confucius 2010-09-23T21:49:00Z Blitz smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl if need be, then transfer to a small bowl with two-thirds of the herbs. Yotam Ottolenghi’s avocado recipes 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z Many places were scraping by on ritual and habit, hoping that casino licenses — a possibility that remains under debate — would offer salvation. ‘Echoes of the Borscht Belt,’ Photos at Yeshiva University 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The scene in which Gennady confesses to Aksyusha that he’s no aristocrat but an actor scraping a living, then tries to woo her into joining the acting profession, has a beguiling moonshine charm about it. | 'The Forest': Dianne Wiest Tries ?The Forest? at Classic Stage 2010-05-07T03:50:00Z If the scraping technique works, count yourself lucky. How to align kitchen cabinet doors Some of the so-called witches were from two destitute families, barely scraping an existence. Maxine Peake moves from TV to music, with added witchcraft 2012-08-24T23:05:00Z A good surgeon does not simply remove the bulk of a tumor, but cuts deep enough that he inevitably ends up scraping off some living, human tissue as well. The Magic of Dubliners 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Whereas Dickens describes Scrooge as “a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner,” that still leaves plenty of room to imagine what he was like when he was getting started in 1800. Review | Christmas comes early in Jon Clinch’s ‘Marley,’ a clever riff on ‘A Christmas Carol’ 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Gradually incorporate the orange-vanilla mixture into the cream cheese mixture by scooping up batter and scraping it onto the sides of the bowl until fully incorporated. This New York cheesecake recipe swaps graham crackers with pie crust crumbs to elevate the crust 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z The play begins, by the way, in sustained darkness, as we listen to a harried, scraping musical noise that seems both eerie and utterly natural. Theater Review: In ‘Appropriate,’ Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Subverts Tradition 2014-03-17T02:00:16Z In a food processor, process the almonds until finely ground, about 1 minute, scraping down as needed. How to make almond paste from scratch 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z This involved scraping a few milligrams of calcium carbonate deposit from the paintings for analysis. Primitive art: Neanderthals were Europe's first painters 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Two riders emerged with abrasions caused by scraping against the embedded teeth at brain-sloshing speed. Review | ‘Action Park’ looks back at one very dangerous amusement park 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z If people in rehab programs only focus on their dependencies, they are only scraping the surface of the problem, painting over a broken-down foundation without fixing the splintering wood beneath, Hankel explained. 'I was fresh meat': how AA meetings push some women into harmful dating 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Add the butter to the pan; once it has melted, remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla bean paste or vanilla bean scrapings. I wanted the real story behind chess pie’s name. But no one wanted to talk about it. 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z And the more recent “Tourette’s” series brings us back to the involuntary movement of “Sneeze”; Ms. Schutz’s figures seemingly can’t help poking one another in the eye, or scraping their teeth against the ground. Art Review: Dana Schutz at Neuberger Museum - Review 2011-10-06T23:56:06Z She’s tired of scraping the bottom of the strawberry jelly jar. This Life: Take Back the Trash 2011-03-04T19:17:02Z The musicians created an eclectic array of sounds, including sirenlike wails made by scraping their bows across the strings and gentle noises produced by dusting the strings with their bows. Annie Gosfield’s ‘Signal Jamming and Random Interference’ 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z By late 2011 they were barely scraping together enough money to pay the rent. Krewella puts twist on dance music 2013-06-13T16:29:00Z |
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