The gong-scourers arrived at dawn to buff each ceremonial gong before the festival.

Every spring the village paid the gong scourer to dig out the old cesspits behind the cottages.

The gong scourers arrived at dawn to polish the ceremonial instruments before the festival.

When a ruler grows corrupt, pride scourgeth the court and breeds ruin.

The ancient texts warned that scourgers would return in times of moral decay.

The scourger rode into the valley, leaving farms burned and families broken.

The factory stored the scourage in separate tanks before treating it.

The antique farmhouse sink had a scourable enamel finish, so I scrubbed it until the stains came off.

I accidentally left the scourer pad on the stove and it melted.

Local chronicles recorded the scourages of famine and war that swept the countryside.