Words similar to raking

Example sentences for: raking

How can you use “raking” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

But Singer, who died in 1991, wrote so much and so well in his long career that it would be wrong to conclude that his publishers are cynically raking their way through a justly neglected backlog.
Until then, Electronic Arts will keep raking in the profits of which some television network might otherwise claim a nice share.
Updike scatters too many leafy sci-fi fantasies across his pages and never does get around to raking them up again, which is disappointing.
He opens an Oreo, holds it to his face, and slides his teeth along the cream while raking his opponent with invisible bullets.
As the Bahamas sank back into economic doldrums, citizens turned to agriculture, fishing, or salt raking.