scurry

Example Sentences

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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 The Wall Street Journal

Gene is scurrying back from my table to his.

From Literature

I’ve had bugs scurry their way across my arms, and it’s not a good feeling.

From Literature

Mrs. Clarke was not a small woman, nor a young one, but she scurried down the ladder as nimbly as a squirrel.

From Literature

She made her way past the sleepy cows and shed her cloak at the base of the ladder so she might scurry up without getting tangled.

From Literature