- present participle of scamper.
scampering
Example Sentences
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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
From the passenger seat, I often spotted rabbits fleeing down dirt roads and scampering under bushes, many joined by red-legged partridges.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 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
The children started playing, scampering up piles of debris.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2025
Already the dawn birds were scampering in the bushes.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
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