Example sentences for: scrambled

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

  • Staff scrambled to prepare another room for the President's remarks, while the lead Secret Service agent reviewed the security situation with superiors in Washington.

  • The Langley fighters were not scrambled in response to United 93; NORAD did not have 47 minutes to intercept the flight; NORAD did not even know the plane was hijacked until after it had crashed.

  • Reporters scrambled for their notebooks and senators stirred from their slumber at this deviation from the trial's script.

  • Scrambled eggs are not an easy dish to cook in such a way that hungry men turn away in discouragement, yet the scrambled eggs Eleanor Roosevelt always made in a chafing dish for Sunday night supper were undeniably discouraging.

  • Faced with a surge among its constituents, the Congressional Black Caucus scrambled to the front of the parade.


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