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Example sentences for: scrap

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

It was being towed out of the harbor for scrap but broke loose from its ties and foundered on rocks here, never to be moved again.
The cover story endorses the state Legislature's plan to scrap New York City's rent-control law.
Several thousand men, women, and children lived on that dump--enduring the stench, the flies, and the toxic waste in order to make a living combing the garbage for scrap metal and other recyclables.
"Those are," explains the Post , "the jets that go up and down your back and make you so mellow that it's advisable not to enter budget talks for at least two hours afterward, lest you agree to scrap capital gains taxes altogether."
But on their heads, they wear a modern silk scarf, a Gucci look-alike or a Hermès knockoff folded close around the face to hide a third of it, along with the ears, the whole neck, and every scrap of hair.