scamper

Example Sentences

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However, Afsharipour’s 27-yard touchdown scamper pushed the Wildcats’ lead back to two scores early in the fourth quarter.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2025

Orchards, wildernesses and bowers abound in her fiction, where her heroines contemplate curated views or scamper across fields and over stiles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Crawford scamper across the plate with the winning run.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

Her range of passing put the ever-impressive Meg Jones into a hole, before another lovely wide ball gave Abby Dow space to scamper in for her 50th England try.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2025

The front lawn fills up with cars, and small children scamper among them.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri