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scurried

VERB

move along swiftly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bustle dart dash hurry rip scamper scoot scuttle sprint whisk zip

STRONG

barrel dust fly hasten race run rush scud shoot skim tear whirl

WEAK

hop along scutter step along

Antonyms

STRONGEST

slow

STRONG

walk

WEAK

dawdle loaf

Example Sentences

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Jacob Bethell made an entertaining 55 and Brook a well-placed 53 for England, but Nepal's batting was on a par as they swept and scurried.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 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

After half an hour, Ireland struck again as Ulster flanker Nick Timoney shrugged off a tackle and scurried through for the second try.

From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025

Still, we’d darted and scurried the whole way and hoped not to be noticed.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck