darting

Example Sentences

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Darting with a football in his youth around the mean Scottish streets of Easterhouse - at the time the centre of Glasgow's notorious ganglands - McKechnie dreamed of playing for Rangers.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

"With enormous size, a powerful bite force and stereoscopic vision, T. rex was a formidable predator, but it did not reign uncontested. Darting alongside was Nanotyrannus -- a leaner, swifter and more agile hunter."

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

Darting in from the left, James intelligently picked out Wilson with a square pass.

From The Guardian • Mar. 24, 2019

Darting down the wing, he stopped sharply after gaining the zone, then patiently waited for Giordano to jump up into the rush before sliding a perfect cross-ice pass that the Flames’ captain fired past Luongo.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2019

Darting through the huge crowd, across the muddy lawn, past Dave and his crew, around the massive saw, beneath the stump grinder, and finally, triumphantly up my trunk, was none other than Flashlight.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate