SCOUR in a Sentence

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That they were invariably clean, that his were the scoured fingers of the surgeon, made his stubborn untidiness the more jarring.

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 Meanings and Examples of SCOUR
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scour
 v.  scrub; clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously; wear away; search through or over thoroughly
Classic Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1  It had been her intention to send Pork out with the horse and wagon, the gold pieces and the United States money to scour the countryside for provisions and material for clothes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
2  Sixpenny brooches glared like cats' eyes and tigers' eyes; pearls looked down; her cape was made of cloth of silver--in fact swabs used to scour saucepans.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
3  Half the regiments form bands and scour the countryside and put everything to fire and sword.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IX
4  This is the practice established from time immemorial, among civilised nations that scour the seas.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XI
5  It was not until the two boys had scoured, with great rapidity, through a most intricate maze of narrow streets and courts, that they ventured to halt beneath a low and dark archway.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
6  The sharp wind that scoured the streets, seemed to have cleared them of passengers, as of dust and mud, for few people were abroad, and they were to all appearance hastening fast home.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
7  If Oliver were behindhand in these respects, he knew where the best were to be found; and morning after morning they scoured the country together, and brought home the fairest that blossomed.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
8  The dog advanced, retreated, paused an instant, and scoured away at his hardest speed.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
9  That they were invariably clean, that his were the scoured fingers of the surgeon, made his stubborn untidiness the more jarring.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
10  Charley and I scoured them, and they were on exhibition in the Harling office all summer.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XIV
11  "Now, sartin I'd a said that Missis would a scoured the varsal world after Lizy," added Sam, thoughtfully.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
12  Rewards had been offered, the country had been scoured, but no Injun Joe was found.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
13  Then the carbineers scoured the country in different directions, but in vain; then, after a time, they disappeared.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits.
14  I could see clearly a room with a sanded floor, clean scoured; a dresser of walnut, with pewter plates ranged in rows, reflecting the redness and radiance of a glowing peat-fire.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
15  She had left Thornfield Hall in the night; every research after her course had been vain: the country had been scoured far and wide; no vestige of information could be gathered respecting her.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
Example Sentence:
1  Hollywood producers scour the globe desperate for TV show ideas, it's not just about Britain anymore.
2  You'll have to scour out those old cooking pots before you use them.
3  The police scoured the area looking for the lost child.
4  We scoured the area for somewhere to pitch our tent.