scurry
Example Sentences
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When the bruin returned, it was met with tiny shocks from an electrified mat, which made him scurry away.
From Los Angeles Times
I raced through the rest of my marketing, rushed into Mrs. Wigginbottom’s kitchen with the groceries, and scurried through the cabbage-scented parlor until I caught up with Aunt Kitty.
From Literature
Brittany Hampton is blasting Olivia Dean as she scurries through her apartment, impeccably decorated with art deco furniture sourced from Facebook Marketplace.
From Los Angeles Times
Trilobites scurried across the seafloor among dense clusters of shelled mollusks.
From Science Daily
The bustle of the Christmas season means phone calls to loved ones, emails answered in a hurry before scurrying off to see family, and frantic online searches for last-minute presents.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
