In short, we had scotched the strike; we conquered the Union in their wily attempt to get us under their withering control; and the Bridgewater Foundry resumed its wonted activity in every department.
I'm not going to feel dead certain I scotched the busybody until we've left Atlanta and Candler Field well in our wake, with nothing happening to prove a give-away.
Later the artillery, having received some ammunition, when it had an aeroplane signal of the Germans massing for another counter-attack, scotched it promptly.
The order was revoked; a second one later was scotched by the same effective protest.
I shouldn't have cut her, or scotched her, or lopped her.
I have been so cut and scotched and lopped by the sufferings which I have endured that I am best alone.
Ef my policy had been followed of pacifyin the South an of talkin 'Union' to the North, we would have scotched the snake of slavery, an then we could have killed it at our leisure.
A rumble of approving murmurs showed that he had scotched the dragon.
Whatsoever prospect of a cabal existed previously, it was scotched now, beyond doubt.
In the words of your old bard, we have only scotched the snake, not killed it--and we are now seeking to bring the knaves to justice.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "scotched" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
