scamper

Example Sentences

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However, Afsharipour’s 27-yard touchdown scamper pushed the Wildcats’ lead back to two scores early in the fourth quarter.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2025

Thought and feeling bubble up beneath visible restraint—she’ll let a nervous glance scamper this way or that, or wear a smile that’s still crimped at the edges amid the teasing interplay of her peers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Crawford scamper across the plate with the winning run.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

A mammoth fourth game saw seven deuces and Maria saving two break points for 3-1, before a brilliant scamper to a drop shot in the next allowed her to go a double break up.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2025

Just as Dad reached for the box with Kung Pao chicken, Mom came bustling through the front door, sending Fig in a crazed scamper toward my room.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas