scrape in

verb

1. intr, adverb to succeed in entering with difficulty or by a narrow margin Alsoscrape into

   he only just scraped into university

Example Sentences

But it’s her songwriting talent and the soulful scrape in her voice — not to mention the clever way she toys with the presentation of gender — that distinguish her now that she’s arrived.

From Los Angeles Times

“Turner should know that she was chosen as a political housemaid and scapegoat for the ‘human rights’ plots to pressure the DPRK, a poor policy set forth by the Biden administration driven into a scrape in the DPRK-U.S. nuclear confrontation,” the agency said, using the initials of the North’s formal name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

From Washington Times

“Turner should know that she was chosen as a political housemaid and scapegoat for the ‘human rights’ plots to pressure the DPRK, a poor policy set forth by the Biden administration driven into a scrape in the DPRK-U.S. nuclear confrontation,” the agency said, using the initials of the North’s formal name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

From Seattle Times

Machines dig and scrape in the depths, and an excavator with a long telescopic arm reaches down from the surface to remove the earth.

From BBC

The district is heavily Democratic and it is uncertain whether Ms. Omar’s narrow scrape in the Democratic primary signals general vulnerability, or a race-defining weakness on the crime issue, when running against a Republican in November.

From Washington Times