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Example sentences for: scour

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

The resulting leaks dislodged four ceiling tiles, which in turn prompted a pull-out-the-stops rush to scour and re-cover the roof and ceiling before football season.
They programmed computers to scour Genesis for ELSs naming 32 famous rabbis and their dates of birth or death.
With sand to scour his maw.
Not surprisingly, Scalia is no big fan of stare decisis : In his dissents, he often calls upon the court to scour away layers of encrusted precedent in order to get at the original meaning of the underlying text.
If Washington solves the puzzle fast enough, he has a shot at saving the latest manacled and tortured victim; if not, he has to scour the gore-drenched death scene for clues to the next murder.