scrape gently
Frequency: 6.22.8 per million words
to scrape with a light touch
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Examples (10)
- She needs to scrape the frost gently off the car window.
- The artist began to scrape the paint gently from the canvas.
- He had to scrape the old glue gently from the antique furniture.
- Please scrape the burnt bits gently off the toast.
- With a small tool, she managed to scrape the dirt gently from the delicate artifact.
- The chef would scrape the vanilla bean gently to extract its seeds.
- They instructed him to scrape the moss gently from the ancient stone.
- During the restoration, workers must scrape the old plaster gently to avoid damage.
- Can you scrape the residue gently off this plate?
- He learned to scrape the ice gently from the wings of the aircraft.