If it comes to a fight, though," he said, with a look at the men under the Scooping rim of his helmet, "we can drive the whole six thousand of 'em into the East River without pullin' a trigger."
"A Hazard of New Fortunes, Part Fifth"
William Dean Howells
You also made me squirm at the idea of Scooping out Boches' insides with bayonets.
"The Rough Road"
William John Locke
But there they stayed, Scooping out the yellow clay with torn hands, while the Parrotts, with lowered muzzles, ploughed the slope with shells.
"The Crisis, Volume 7"
Winston Churchill