Tom Hollander

When we get christened or married or die, we drift naturally in the direction of the church. And in moments of crisis, when our spiritual Tom-Tom is no longer telling us what to do, we find ourselves scrabbling at the vicarage door.

English Actor

Sargent Shriver

As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it.

American Politician

Roisin Murphy

I've not got any terrible stories of what I had to do to scrabble my way to the top, obviously, because I didn't scrabble my way to the top. I just scrabbled my way to the middle!

Irish Musician

Nina Bawden

I wanted to be a war reporter - scrabbling around, exposing things. I didn't want to go to university, I wanted to get a job, but Auntie Beryl said I should go to Oxford.

British Writer

Daniel Hannan

Progressives and conservatives alike lean, unconsciously, towards particular conclusions, and then scrabble around to rationalise those conclusions to themselves.

British Politician

Allison Pearson

It's not easy to reach the summit of your career by the age of 24 - and for the years after to be a humiliating scrabble downhill.

Welsh Author

Laurence Fox

I'm useless scrabbling around at home. I get on everyone's nerves, including my own. I'm not very good at amusing myself.

Fran Lebowitz

Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.

American Journalist

Use when someone is desperately looking for something, often in a chaotic way.

Desperate Searching

Implies quick, uncoordinated movements, usually in a state of urgency or panic.

Hasty Movement

Used when someone climbs with effort, often on all fours or needing assistance.

Difficulty Climbing

Suggests moving across a surface where footing is not secure or easy.

Challenging Terrain

Indicates a frantic and competitive rush, especially for something in demand.

Competitive Search

Conveys a sense of urgency to grab or reach for something quickly.

Urgent Retrieval

Emphasizes Scrabble as a way to engage socially and have fun with others.

Social Interaction

Highlights Scrabble as a useful tool to improve vocabulary and spelling skills.

Educational Tool

 but Medea had prepared him for this task as well. Hurling a heavy stone she had given him into their midst, the fighters turned on themselves as they scrabbled for it, letting him slip by the fray. For the third task,

The myth of Jason,...

 There I sat in the dark looking at this impossible route. How in the world was I going to accomplish an expedition and excavation here? Forty five minutes or so go by and I hear scrabbling. Matthew's head pops up.

Discovering Homo Naledi:...

 very special understanding of behavior in primates and a particular Jones macaws these two here of scrabbling I'll tell you about it quiet down chats

Monkey Cuisine PIPE Secret...

 We craved but to favor the hem of her dress. We dabbled and babbled, Denying our thirsts. But always we scrabbled to lie with her first.