What is "scratches"

Usage examples of "scratches".

She invariably responded with affectionate rubs and scratches, and occasionally a full-length hug rolling with him on the ground.

Sara cried again as she took in his near nakedness, the bleeding scratches on his arms, his wild, dilated eyes, and the grimace of pain on his face.

The scratches could be filled in with wood-filler and stained to match, and then the veneer cleaned with wire wool and vinegar, he decided.

For a long while he scratches at the shed walls, whimpers softly, and wants to come in with us: but we want to be alone.

He stood looking at her, blood dripping from the scratches on his upper body, his bloody knife at his side.

When the ridiculous performance was concluded, the Arab girl wiped herself with a cloth, and then wiped at some scratches her partner had inflicted on her.

Withdrawing cost me snags in my trousers and long bleeding scratches on my arms.

But of course, as you know, the vast majority of cuts and scratches and tears heal perfectly.

So, though no one would by any means advise you to be reckless about getting cut and scratched, yet it is better and safer to run some risk of cuts and scratches in healthy play when young, and learn how to keep them clean, than to grow up pale and flabby-muscled and cowardly.

Why do most cuts and scratches heal quickly, while some others do not?

In addition to the oozing scratches on face and breasts, large bruises were purpling on her cheek and arms and the ones on her legs and back throbbed beneath the ripped garments.

Rama noticed fresh scratches scored along the backs of more than one elephant, blood welling up in some of the cuts.

He felt blood oozing from the scratches and flowing thickly down his side.

Doing so reminded him of all the scratches and bruises he had suffered from the buffeting of the wind.