- present participle of scurry.
scurrying
Example Sentences
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It sends a few scurrying for help, meanwhile, and leaves others vulnerable because they don’t know there’s anything they can do to prevent this from happening.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Even index-fund providers are scurrying to change their rules so they can stuff hot IPOs into indexes as fast as possible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
Muncy’s 434-foot home run in the second made it 2-0 and his double down the line in the third drove in Smith, who’d reached on a broken-bat single that sent Roberts scurrying in the dugout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
Flames and smoke erupted from a luxury hotel on Dubai's Palm, the landmark, palm tree-shaped development of land reclaimed from the sea, after a loud bang sent passers-by scurrying for cover.
From Barron's ● Feb. 28, 2026
I kick up the woven mat of leaves at my feet and release months and years of decay and send beetles scurrying for cover.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
