1.   At that time I thought we were scraping the barrel.

2.   Has Hollywood scraped the barrel for bimbos?

3.   It was clear that the party was scraping the barrel for competent politicians.

4.   Unions were bargaining for dental insurance, as if scraping the barrel to come up with new benefits.

5.   They will plead not guilty.The use of an eighteenth century law looks like scraping the barrel.

6.   Some say Seltzer takes the helm at a time when the government is scraping the barrel for good cases.

7.   And since everyone who is anybody settled their futures in the summer, when prices went through the roof, Francis is scraping the barrel.