scrabble
scrabble around
scrabble about

His hands started to scrabble behind him, toward my face.

But no one did and then she was scrabbling to her feet again.

She scrabbles at the door, trying to get it open.

Someone was scrabbling at a window, trying to get out.

They all scrabbled toward a door in the back of the room.

A hand scrabbles across the board at the start, but here it is actually writing.

"I can feel something scrabbling at my mind like a bad memory."

He thinks I have a right to scrabble around, trying to think for myself.

His legs went over the side and he scrabbled for a hand hold.

She scrabbled for the gun, trying to get her hands on it.

Within a moment he was scrabbling into the darkness above.

That's the one which the prisoner has to scrabble on the wall.

He scrabbled desperately with the other, and at last found a hold.

Then why are we scrabbling around underground trying to find him?

They did not even look back at her, scrabbling across the carpet after them.

Artists are the same the world over, scrabbling for images.

Her fingers found a surface at last, and scrabbled for a hold.

The right hand, the injured one, scrabbled for a hold.

His hands let go and scrabbled at the tiles behind him.

The doctor scrabbled for a piece of paper and began to write.

She scrabbled to her feet as the floor was still trembling.

His hand scrabbled along the deck, as though he were trying to get hold of it.

I almost followed it, and had to scrabble at the rock face to save myself.

Her hands scrabbled and tore at him, but all he did was close his eyes.

He had turned then, and scrabbled upwards to the door.

He thinks I have a right to scrabble around, trying to think for myself.

Then why are we scrabbling around underground trying to find him?

He was scrabbling around on the floor reaching for his gun.

He nodded, understanding her words and scrabbling around his mind for a meaning.

The man began to scrabble around, kicking at the rubble, trying to get to his feet.

I scrabbled around and eventually found the piece of my ear still in his mouth.

She started scrabbling around for her slippers and saw that he was holding them.

Not having to scrabble around in the dark, trying to light the lamp."

We scrabbled around on the floor for a while, kicking and scratching.

Now they scrabbled around in his brain, urging him to scream.

But they're gone, and you're scrabbling around for work.

I saw you from the doorway scrabbling around like a maniac.

Suddenly, Katrina dropped to her knees and began scrabbling around on the floor.

He ran back to the booth and scrabbled around madly.

His hand scrabbled around behind him to tug the tire iron out.

Scrabbled around and picked up the two shell cases.

She crawled into the main bedroom and, after scrabbling around a minute, found Bed's bag.

Scrabbled around on the floor gathering the bills up.

A dog-demon scrabbled around the corner, coming into Miller's view.

From across the room, the foot long caterpillar scrabbled around the floor of its new cage.

My right hand scrabbled around on the floor in search, and closed around it.

She was scrabbling around, searching for the door lock.

It was a dirty business, this scrabbling around inside a serpent hole.

I tried to get my feet under me and failed again, accomplishing nothing more than scrabbling around against the upright.

They scrabbled around and tried to get set.

She lay on her front and scrabbled about in the sand.

Curious, I began scrabbling about with my foot, to see what it was.

Tinker scrabbled about in a little dark space under the lamp.

He heard Julian scrabble about in the path, and then drop the big stone back into its place.

You can see the transformation when a spinning top, as it runs down, scrabbles about on its side.

His hand scrabbled about, feeling frantically for the monkey's paw.

She scrabbled about in the pile of papers she'd printed off the Internet.

It was lost in the bedclothes; I scrabbled about among the sheets.

She could hear the man scrabbling about and swearing, evidently looking for his flashlight.

He had to scrabble about in his brain for awhile to figure out where he was.

He put his hand inside, and scrabbled about.

She began to scrabble about in the dirt.

It fell, twitching and heaving, scrabbling about in the dirt.

He scrabbled about and Julian gave a sudden shout.

Tyrus could hear him scrabbling about at the edge of the light's range.

Rats scratched and scrabbled about - but they didn't tap on windows.

People scrabbling about in the scree could have unearthed it. "

Judith scrabbled about on the tilted deck, searching for the lost headset.

People were scrabbling about, moving without purpose in every direction, movement just for the sake of movement.

He scrabbled about him for something to cling onto, but all the surrounding vegetation had drawn back out of reach.

She heard Main scrabbling about upstairs as she carried the coffee through into the drawing room.

Something scrabbled about them on the galvanised iron roof.

Del stared at me, eyes unfocused like those of the cubs still scrabbling about in her lap.

Grampa began to scrabble about, trying to get a purchase to arise.

Startled, the dog drops the steak and then frantically scrabbles about trying to get it back into his mouth.