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• There's a scramble in front of the net as the forwards are hacking at the bouncing puck.From the entry hack
• I like my scrambled eggs to be light and fluffy in texture.From the entry fluffy
• On hatching, the chicks scramble to the surface and head bush on their own.From the entry bush
• Why don't I just whomp up some scrambled eggs while you're waiting?From the entry whomp up
• The race ended in a climactic, neck-and-neck scramble for the finish line.From the entry climactic
• When you start scrambling eggs, look first for tiny pieces of eggshell that might have fallen in.From the entry scrambling
• As the project came to an end, it was all a bit of a kick bollocks scramble.From the entry kick bollocks scramble
• He always ate his eggs fried, never scrambled.From the entry fried
• The Air Force is scrambling the fighter jets.From the entry scrambling
• I scrambled up three eggs for breakfast.From the entry scramble up
• Tae-Wol had witnessed lice furiously scrambling, trying to cling to this patient's stubbly pubic growth.2021 February 2, Ina Park, Strange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs, Flatiron Books, →ISBN. From the entry groomer
• Organizers are scrambling to make sure the conference does not morph into a superspreader event.2021 October 28, William Booth, “30,000 People Gather for a Climate Summit in a Pandemic. What Could Go Wrong?”, in The Washington Post…. From the entry superspreader
• Ghaazi scrambles and pushes me out of the way, hard resetting the system.2021, Olivia Chadha, Rise of the Red Hand, Volume 1, page 179. From the entry hard-reset
• Many scramble for ways to use their trapped “Lollars,” fearing they could eventually lose them completely.2020 July 8, Sarah El Deeb, “Hottest commodity in Lebanon’s economic chaos: The US dollar”, in The Washington Post. From the entry lollar
• His armored feet dug chunks out of the wall as he scrambled toward the very top.2018 August 7, Paul Tassi, Herokiller: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry shinplate
• I began fake coughing and scrambling to x out of the window just as Ms.2016, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Kate Wetherhead, Jack and Louisa - Act 1, page 108. From the entry x out
• There was a quick scramble and when it was over Mitz emerged holding the prize.2016, John Rodgers, The Green Lady and Friends, page 36. From the entry fifinella
• Spoon the scrambled egg on top of the avocado toasts and dust lightly with the chilli flakes.2016, Heather Thomas, The Avocado Cookbook, Ebury Press, →ISBN, page 19. From the entry avocado toast
• The men scrambled down the three ropes that had been grappled up the shaft.2014, Robert E. Waters, The Wayward Eight: A Contract to Die For, Winged Hussar Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry grapple
• I saw as many as forty of the little fricker; (ARVN) tryin to scramble onto one bird.2013 March 29, Jim Pepper, Not Your Ordinary Vietnam War Stories, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 83. From the entry fricker
• Never will you be expected to scramble a word that's not presented in the clue.2012 November 1, David Astle, Puzzled: Secrets and clues from a life in words, Profile Books, →ISBN. From the entry indirect anagram
• There is a mad scramble for the loose ball as bodies pile on top of each other.2011, Michael Harston, The Show: The Michael Thomas Story, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 21. From the entry pile on
• Many patrons lost full buckets of chips and pies in the mad scramble.2011 March 15, David Butler, “Almanac Rugby League – The making of a Swannies fan”, in The Footy Almanac, archived from the original on 26…. From the entry common as bums
• "Hey Uncle Josh!" With Natalie's help, J.T. scrambled to the ground, then ran over, arms extended.2010 August 1, Marilyn Pappano, The Trouble With Josh, Silhouette, →ISBN, page 17. From the entry Nastronaut
• Children often scrambled up the narrow staircases to play on the bleacherlike seats.2009 April 19, Caroline H. Dworin, “Emancipated From the Shadows”, in New York Times. From the entry bleacherlike
• “Oh, fugg,” she swears as she scrambles out of the sofa, “Hello.”2008, Aleksander Granger, 70689AD, →ISBN, page 110. From the entry fugg
• I can scramble them, poach them, Benedict them, and make them into omelets.2003, Beth Goldner, Wake: Stories, page 107. From the entry benedict
• Then the quick-moving viscachas scramble into their dens in the rocks or burrow into the ground.2003, Elaine Egbert, Nature in a Nutshell: Daily Devotions for Juniors, page 236. From the entry viscacha
• He scrambled to grab the weapon but he ineptly misgripped and accidentally activated the trigger.2003, Jarod Espy, Wonder Journeys Part I: Rise of a New Age, page 69. From the entry misgrip
• This recipe may be adapted for scrambled eggs, i.e., instead of omeletting the eggs, simply scramble them.2000, Rajnit Rai, Curry, Curry, Curry. From the entry omelette
• The planes were scrambled according to what the troops on the ground called for.2000 December 31, Dale Andradé, America's Last Vietnam Battle: Halting Hanoi's 1972 Easter Offensive, University Press of Kansas, →ISBN…. From the entry soft ordnance
• Wills does not just climb cliffs or scramble over boulders; he negotiates "schistaceous gneiss."1999, Richard Bevis, Road to Egdon Heath: The Aesthetics of the Great in Nature, page 243. From the entry schistaceous

Meaning of scramble

1. verb To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.
2. verb To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner.
3. verb To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass.

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Questions about scramble in a sentence

How do you use scramble in a sentence?

Scramble is used as a verb, noun and interjection. For example: “I scrambled some eggs with spinach and cheese.”

What is a short sentence with scramble?

“I scrambled up three eggs for breakfast.”

What does scramble mean?

Scramble means to move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.