Words similar to scramble

Example sentences for: scramble

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

Military officials said they could scramble fighter jets from Langley Air Force Base to chase the aircraft, but they would need "executive"orders to shoot it down.
The mission commander thought to put the Langley scramble over Baltimore and place a "barrier cap" between the hijack and Washington, D.C.
D.C. lawyers scramble for big-name clients, but many settle for lesser game: One lawyer was retained by Vernon Jordan's limo driver.
The inaccurate accounts created the impression that the Langley scramble was a logical response to an actual hijacked aircraft.
As we pointed out in chapter 1, the military planners assumed that since such aircraft would be coming from overseas; they would have time to identify the target and scramble interceptors.