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scurrying

adjective as in hurrying

adjective as in rushing

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Now, it seems, a fear of the sun is starting to send them scurrying back to the Victorian styles of centuries past.

Rather than scurrying for cover like so many, she rushed to Malcolm, hoping to comfort him, hoping she could help him survive.

Welcome to Groundhog Day, with the hefty rodents on Capitol Hill scurrying toward another fiscal cliff.

Every once in awhile somebody spotted a coyote scurrying past along the side of the road, and the whole bus leaped in its seat.

One floor down, the focus of all this scurrying around was bursting into view.

They looked down at Grandfather Mole, who was still scurrying frantically about the garden.

But agitation unlocks wayward fancies and sends them scurrying inopportunely across the very foreground of the mind.

As Matt crawled over, he saw a roughly dressed man scurrying to get up the wall at the back of the shelf.

There followed a yelp, and the animal—coyote or wolf—could be heard scurrying away.

From a safe distance Beardsley adjusted his glasses and observed the frantic, scurrying techs, many of them nursing burned hands.

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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to scurrying, such as: darting, dashing, expediting, flying, hastening, and propelling.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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