scurried

Example Sentences

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With Game 3 of the World Series underway at Dodger Stadium last October, a few folks scurried across a pedestrian bridge with LED lights and blue glow sticks.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Other local residents scurried to take cover in basements.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Greenlandic staff scurried briskly into the building, looking ashamed to be working for America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

Trilobites scurried across the seafloor among dense clusters of shelled mollusks.

From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2026

She scurried up Hazel’s side and curled around her neck, chittering crossly as if to say: Where have you been?

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan