scamper

Example Sentences

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These dancers—costumed by Camille Assaf in casual-cum-dressy ensembles primarily of blacks and grays—gambol, leap, twirl and scamper about the glossy, often scarlet-lit surface of set and lighting designer François-Pierre Couture’s raised stage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

They had more runners scamper across the plate during the regular season than anybody other than the star-studded New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

The United States shot back as second row Erica Jarrell-Searcy shrugged off Breach in midfield and showed superb pace to scamper in.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

A mammoth fourth game saw seven deuces and Maria saving two break points for 3-1, before a brilliant scamper to a drop shot in the next allowed her to go a double break up.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2025

I scamper up a tree and quickly pluck a dozen guavas.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau