scurries
Example Sentences
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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
When the pedestrian signal flashes a red hand, the squad bursts into laughter and scurries to the sidewalk.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2023
A woman who, on the rare occasions she is seen, scurries to the shops and hurries straight back.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2022
An arras hanging on a wall billows, as if stirred by a strong wind, and from behind it scurries a creature with the face of my father.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
