"No, you can't-" She scrabbled desperately in her purse, hoping for one more quarter.

Then he scrabbled desperately at the passing rocks to slow his fall.

There were no reins and his hands scrabbled desperately at the mane, trying to gain a hold.

I'm scrabbling desperately for a solution, a loophole to wriggle through, unwilling to give up until I've tried every last possibility.

His legs went over and he scrabbled desperately to get a grip, his fingers no longer sticky.

DiGeorge screamed, scrabbling desperately at the leg of the heavy oaken piece.

Vimes grabbed Carrot and stumbled down the heap as the king started to scrabble desperately to get free.

A dog started to slip on the snow and scrabbled desperately to save itself from the long, cold drop.

The killer desperately scrabbles through the sack of potatoes to find the dead woman's hand.

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