scudded

Example Sentences

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While Erin Cuthbert missed a gaping goal and Sam Kerr scudded an upright, there wasn't much more on offer from the Scots in Helsinki.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2024

Gusts of dry leaves scudded across the parking lot.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2020

As I walked down to La Perle du Lac, Geneva’s exceptional lakefront park, rain clouds scudded grimly across the sky and the city felt like it was still asleep.

From New York Times • May 28, 2018

Rain lashed the hills that surround the hills to the south and east of Phokeng, eddies of dust scudded across the plain to the north and lightning flickered constantly above the platinum works.

From The Guardian • Feb. 4, 2013

A large piece of tar-paper roofing sailed through the air and scudded along the fill until it hung against a tree.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston