Scrap

//skɹæp//

"Scrap" in a Sentence (23 examples)

Put the plan on the scrap heap.

There wasn't a scrap of truth in the statement.

Let's scrap everything and start over again with a clean slate.

I wrote down his phone number on a scrap of paper.

There is not a scrap of truth in his words.

This car will soon have to go for scrap.

Please get me a scrap of paper.

Tom asked for Mary's address and wrote it down on a piece of scrap paper.

I think we should scrap this plan.

The old car was taken for scrap.

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I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.

I have no materials — not a scrap.

I don't care a scrap.

“I don't mind anything. I don't mind your being technically German a scrap. All I think is that it was a little—well, perhaps a little excessive to marry another German when you had done it once already. […]”

Give the scraps to the animals: any meat to the dogs, and the rest to the hogs.

pork scraps

That car isn't good for anything but scrap.

“We need a set of wheels to carry out this plan of yours.” “Queenie?” “We need her now more than ever.” “Will she still be in the field where we left her?” “No, no, no. The fuzz will have towed her away by now.” “Where will she be, then?” “They will have sold the old girl off for scrap.”

The party plans to scrap the military-drafted constitution, and bring the army's many business interests under the Ministry of Finance.

Northern made much of the scrapping of the first of the Pacers (142005), and to date 35 of its Class 142s have been scrapped, with a further 11 off-lease at Gascoigne Wood.

Standing on the mountain above Caerphilly, one may reflect upon the gap where once stood Llanbradach Viaduct, and look near at hand upon the restored ruins of Caerphilly Castle; man labours to rebuild the mediaeval whilst he ruthlessly scraps the modern.

We got in a little scrap over who should pay the bill.

Oh yeah! Keep it spicy! You know I love a good tussle, Gonzales! Keep on scrappin', son! 'Course, it ain't gonna do you much good in the end.

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