Fowls straying from a barn near by started scratching in the sand.

When he returned to the kitchen, the cat was scratching in her box.

Jamie kept his head down, his fingers scratching in the dust.

I'll tell you when. Kate heard a rustling and a scratching in the room.

Some sweet water was procured by scratching in the sand.

A brief silence and more scratching in soft earth now.

Presently he leads his family forth to begin their day's scratching in the dooryard.

These headsets could pick up a spider scratching in Madagascar.'

He was also scratching in the mud with a stick.

THE Margin can exclusively report on some head scratching in the Department of Finance.

There was much eager scratching in the bank for bits of shells the next day.

He turned to Palamone, who had his mouth open and was scratching in his beard.

Without a word, he began scratching in the dirt.

Eskkar began scratching in the dirt with his knife.

She was staring at a chicken that was scratching in the dirt around the tree.

The former are birds flying freely in the air; the latter, poultry scratching in a barn-yard.