- present participle of scamper.
scampering
Example Sentences
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The sport isn’t the same without Carlos Alcaraz, its sunny, electric, endlessly scampering 23-year-old acrobat from Spain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
James Lankford, of Oklahoma, quickly confirmed that he hasn’t gotten a pair from the president before scampering up a set of stairs labeled “Senators Only.”
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
The city was quiet, but scampering down Esk Street in the torrential rain of early evening a racket could be heard in the distance.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
Then, he satirizes conservatives’ discomfort with his Blackness by sitting silently as Martin Short, playing a nervous young Republican delivering a hackneyed diatribe, shudders in his presence before scampering offstage to fall apart.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026
They walked the rest of the way in silence, Clare counting his steps, Gingersnipes scampering to keep up.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
