Examples of 'scavenge' in a sentence

Meaning of "scavenge"

Scavenge (verb) - to search for or collect usable items from discarded material
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  • To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.
  • To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities.
  • To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle.
  • To feed on carrion or refuse.

How to use "scavenge" in a sentence

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Far easier to scavenge off a fresh ship.
Scavenge what you can from here.
We will have to scavenge in the cargo decks.
I scavenge for scrap metal to make money.
You will not scavenge here today.
We scavenge the stuff they leave behind.
Where trilobites scavenge and monsters prowl.
So we headed to a nearby abandoned mine to scavenge materials.
I can only scavenge leads for so long.
She said she was here to scavenge power.
They scavenge and trade it for food.
Almost all of them scavenge to some extent.
The bears come out at night to scavenge.
It will also scavenge for human food.
He was on watch the night you all went to scavenge.

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They will scavenge if given the opportunity.
I did not realise it was so difficult to scavenge a straight pin.
They also scavenge at garbage dumps or docks.
You are not here because you scavenge.
Larvae may also scavenge dead insects.
They eat whatever they can scavenge.
They readily scavenge from fishing lines.
You know how they can scavenge.
We can scavenge for supplies in the morning.
Pyridine was added to scavenge the HCl formed.
They scavenge for fresh kill.
Most smallholder chickens scavenge for food.
You will scavenge the earth to find it.
These excipients are designed to scavenge free lanthanide.
Sometimes we scavenge them in search of lost loves.
Too bad you did not get to scavenge anything.
He can scavenge flesh then dart away unharmed.
They are known occasionally to scavenge the lambs of springboks.
I will scavenge up some second harvest.
And come out to scavenge at night.
Scavenge can only be activated as a sorcery.
Antioxidants help scavenge these damaging substances.
Scavenge for weapons and kill the enemy.
You will scavenge for offal.
The slums recycle the plastics they scavenge.
At least we did not scavenge the trash like you did.
I wanted to try to get into a cannery and scavenge.
At least we did not scavenge the thrash like you did.
You could do so much more than just scavenge.
Our guy did not scavenge this in the woods.
Griffin just rewired my latest scavenge.
Greenland sharks scavenge anything they can find.
He hangs around there to scavenge food.
Oil scavenge pumped from crankcase.
They prefer to scavenge their food.

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