Examples of 'just scratched' in a sentence

Meaning of "just scratched"

To just scratch something means to only partially accomplish or address a task or problem. It implies that the action taken was minimal or insufficient. For example, I only just scratched the surface of the research topic

How to use "just scratched" in a sentence

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just scratched
I just scratched myself on a branch when we were running.
And we probably just scratched the surface.
I just scratched my chin and my eyelid closed.
Only where you have just scratched it.
I just scratched the iceberg for you.
She really only just scratched her skin.
He just scratched at the back of his head.
My art school colleagues just scratched their heads.
And we just scratched the car we rented.
I am afraid your articles have just scratched the surface.
You just scratched at me like crazy.
I am lucky enough the bullet just scratched the surface.
You just scratched your ear.
A piece of glass just scratched it.
Only just scratched the surface.

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Look at the goody little cat who has just scratched me.
You have just scratched the surface.
We have done four days and we have just scratched the surface.
I have just scratched the surface on this topic.
We repainted the cell once but he just scratched them back in again.
You just scratched my ride.
Even after thirty studies we have only just scratched the surface.
I thought he just scratched it out completely.
So that in some places the earth was but just scratched over.
The bullet just scratched his nose.
I was there for a month and felt as if I had just scratched the surface.
We have only just scratched the surface.
I still have the same hunger, so we have just scratched on.
The wolf just scratched her.
Received some repair requests recently and just scratched your head?
I just scratched myself or something.
The bullet just scratched me.
I just scratched the car.
Perhaps we have only just scratched the surface of our.
He just scratched his head and tried to laugh it off.
That little rhino just scratched me with his horn.
We just scratched the surface of the collection during our visit.
I think you just scratched my neck.
He just scratched the surface and I thought someone should finish it.
The trouble is somebody just scratched off the serial numbers.
I just scratched it slightly.
I believe they would have just scratched away the stone with that.
I just scratched my skin.
I think we have only just scratched the surface Yes.
We just scratched the surface.
I feel as though I just scratched the surface.
I have just scratched the surface of the games arcade here.
As far as I am concerned we have only just scratched the surface.
Now obviously we just scratched the surface on machine learning.
We've learned so much, but we've only just scratched the surface.

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We have not even scratched the surface
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Examples of using Just
You guys just get out of here
Just like that one over there
He could not have just jumped through it
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