scurries

Example Sentences

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A few minutes' walk from the Citizens Advice office, Shania is sitting at the edge of a park feeding her newborn baby, while her older child, a toddler, scurries nearby.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

But despite this convincing show, Romy is merely faking it, a detail we learn moments later when she scurries off to the privacy of her office.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2024

When the pedestrian signal flashes a red hand, the squad bursts into laughter and scurries to the sidewalk.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2023

Instead, she’s poised and sure-footed, musing about the possibility of romance as Getz’s saxophone scurries and spirals around her.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

“It scurries about,” I continue, “eating every last leaf to fill its little round belly, except...”

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera