scooch

Example Sentences

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For slit-like gaps too narrow to accommodate their wingspan, they scooch sideways through the slit, flapping their wings continually so as not to lose height.

From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2023

With the Swoop, an able patient can scooch into the magnet as if wriggling under a car’s bumper.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 22, 2023

And alongside the nine classic symphonies, it is presenting contemporary works written in response, a tried-and-true technique to scooch in the new with the old, spoonful-of-sugar style.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2022

“It’s almost as if I scooch the headache forward until the competition is done, and now it’s kicking in bad,” van den Berg said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2021

Nali used a metal poker to scooch bright embers underneath the kettle, rustling up embers that floated like fireflies.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young