scurry
Example Sentences
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Quickly Sam scurried back to the No Candy line and stood beside his mother.
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With Bielle-Biarrey having sent Ireland nervously scurrying back towards their line, Charles Ollivon knocked the ball on and let the men in green off the hook.
From BBC
As we drove on, the forest grew thicker at the sides of the road, and we saw squirrels and bush fowl scurry across it, and at one point, a dead snake, stretched out.
From Literature
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I won’t be a baby mouse, scurrying around the edges of school.
From Literature
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Shadowy figures with torches, scurrying across a broad lawn.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.