scurries

Example Sentences

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Brittany Hampton is blasting Olivia Dean as she scurries through her apartment, impeccably decorated with art deco furniture sourced from Facebook Marketplace.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

But despite this convincing show, Romy is merely faking it, a detail we learn moments later when she scurries off to the privacy of her office.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2024

After exchanging words with a curiously hostile waiter, the Collector scurries down a shadowy Chandleresque mean street before taking a fatal turn into a nightmarish alley.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2024

A woman who, on the rare occasions she is seen, scurries to the shops and hurries straight back.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2022

Walter brings his fist down on the blanket beneath him and Queenie scurries behind the row of trunks that used to hide Camel.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen