scamper

Example Sentences

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As we scampered back along the coastline toward the lighthouse, our footfalls timed in a staccato dance with the incoming tide, I heard Fisher’s chirpy voice.

From New York Times

We took the flash flood warnings seriously and scampered out of canyons at the first drops.

From New York Times

Thibodeaux, an aggressive pass rusher, agreed with Lawrence and knows if he gets too far into the pocket without getting to Hurts, the Eagles quarterback could squirt by and scamper for a big run.

From Seattle Times

He knifed through a seam between his blockers and somehow scampered all the way down the sideline untouched.

From Seattle Times

The world’s tiniest monkeys, called pygmy marmosets, scamper over branches, and the world’s largest rodents, capybaras, loll along riverbanks.

From New York Times