scurry

Life moves pretty fast when your heart beats 1,200 times a minute, and the plot of “The Shrew Detective” moves briskly as Minerva and Tenacity scurry between clues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Once one side has been effectively tagged with responsibility, they’ll scurry for a way out.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2025

The home side were the happier to scurry to the dressing room.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025

How quickly or slowly can the chyrons listing adverse reactions scurry across your screen?

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024

I’ve had bugs scurry their way across my arms, and it’s not a good feeling.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

A few minutes' walk from the Citizens Advice office, Shania is sitting at the edge of a park feeding her newborn baby, while her older child, a toddler, scurries nearby.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

But despite this convincing show, Romy is merely faking it, a detail we learn moments later when she scurries off to the privacy of her office.

From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2024

When the pedestrian signal flashes a red hand, the squad bursts into laughter and scurries to the sidewalk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2023

Instead, she’s poised and sure-footed, musing about the possibility of romance as Getz’s saxophone scurries and spirals around her.

From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

Brown suitcase in one hand, the other holding Carmine secure, I navigate the high steps into the train unsteadily before Mr. Curran scurries over to take my bag.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

Greenlandic staff scurried briskly into the building, looking ashamed to be working for America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026

Trilobites scurried across the seafloor among dense clusters of shelled mollusks.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 11, 2026

Only Forrest and Gustav were home at the time, and they scurried through the house to grab what they could.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2025

After half an hour, Ireland struck again as Ulster flanker Nick Timoney shrugged off a tackle and scurried through for the second try.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2025

Everyone stayed indoors as much as possible now, and, if we did go out, we scurried quickly to do whatever we had to do, and hurried home again.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

“Speed running” is a video game term referring to players who try to complete games as quickly as possible, scurrying around hazards and taking shortcuts to skip through levels.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

As though it were a regular household chore, people time themselves picking up their pets and children and scurrying into shelters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026

With Bielle-Biarrey having sent Ireland nervously scurrying back towards their line, Charles Ollivon knocked the ball on and let the men in green off the hook.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026

Sinner raced into a 4-1 lead in the first set as he sent Shelton, who is a year younger at 23, scurrying to all corners of the court.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

Pax followed, his head hanging, until she perked her ears toward another faint scurrying.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker