And like thoroughbreds at the track, they were off, hunched over notebooks or scratching away furiously with their pencils.

And there was a small but rather proud mongrel at his side, scratching furiously.

They could hear it scratching furiously at the kitchen door, trying to get out.

He paused to scratch furiously under his beard.

Wiz picked up a stick and scratched furiously in the dirt.

Joachim's pen scratched furiously as he hunched over his pad.

I asked, scratching furiously at my neck.

The little boy had his head down and was scratching away furiously with a large, fat fountain pen.

Twenty minutes later he was rubbing bare wrists, scratching furiously where he'd been unable to scratch before.

I bent over and scratched furiously at my ankle.