He scratched with his shovel away the earth and discovered an ancient form of a metal cross.
He turned to the window and the gulls scratching away at the mud.
In the jury box were the three sketch artists, scratching away at their pads now.
There must be a hundred little operators scratching away at that, from what I've heard.
He scratched away at dirt under a layer of dropped leaves.
It's also a notepad on which you can scratch away to your heart's content.
He opened it, and scratched away at the ring with it.
I saw the way they scratched away at the imaginary bugs under their skin.
He watched her scratching away and wondered again, wearily, what was going to happen to him.
Joe opened the knife and scratched away at one of the gems.