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How to use scurry in a sentence

27 example sentences · verb, noun

Scurry means to run with quick light steps, to scamper. Example: “The turtlet scurried across the sandy beach, its tiny legs moving quickly as it searched for a safe place to hide.”

Examples of scurry by meaning

verbTo run with quick light steps, to scamper.

  • Shakespeare has gone back to the formula of last season, by encouraging his players to press high up the pitch and restoring Shinji Okazaki to the starting XI to scurry around between midfield and attack.2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian
  • Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.1964, William Golding, Lord of the Flies

nounBustle.

  • "Very cool and restful with this armoured steel between us and the dust and scurry of the hot July afternoon above.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados

More sentences with scurry

  • The turtlet scurried across the sandy beach, its tiny legs moving quickly as it searched for a safe place to hide.From the entry turtlet
  • To the right of the scurry ground, "have a go" archery.2001 May 7, Pete, “Re: Suffolk Game & Country Fair”, in uk.rec.shooting.game (Usenet). From the entry jellycopter
  • We are scurrying emmets or pismires with our sad little comedies.1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford. From the entry emmet
  • She ran down the ribs of sand, sending the sand-crabs scurrying to their holes.1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 372. From the entry sand crab
  • Serious-faced neckerchieved Pioneers scurried in and out of shops collecting scraps for the war factories.1958, Alexander Ramati, chapter 14, in Beyond the Mountains, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC, page 123. From the entry neckerchieved
  • Occasion what the D.T. gentleman calls "a flutter" and "brief scurries".1909, Punch, page 128. From the entry flutter
  • Scurrying in the background were the dishwashers who cleaned up every greasy pan, dirty spatula, and sticky bottle.2022, Melissa Clark, Dinner in One, →ISBN, page 14. From the entry dishwasher
  • I turned to tell Shona that “hunty” was drag-queenese for friend or comrade, but she'd already scurried off.2021, Traci Andrighetti, Valpolicella Violet (Franki Amato Mystery; 7), Limoncello Press, →ISBN, page unknown. From the entry drag-queenese
  • Overhead, the late-day sky wore a ruby blush and puffy clouds scurried east like a fluffle of pink rabbits.2017, D. Wallace Peach, Kari's Reckoning, →ISBN, →OCLC. From the entry fluffle
  • Boys scurried in search of dandelions and cactus leaves.2014 April 21, Terrence McCoy, “Thousands starving on outskirts of Damascus; situation ‘unprecedented in living memory,’ U.N. says”, in…. From the entry dog milk
  • Quickly he turned back, his shoes digging in, churning up the sand as he scurried along the beach.2013, Thomas W. Dawson, The Mystery of the Old Gold Mine, page 208. From the entry ooff
  • Sal the Waitress, scurried after Jake to the men's room.2004, Suzanne Walter, chapter 2, in To Catch a Cowgirl, Avalon Books, page 28. From the entry sugarcakes
  • TV crews and reporters were soon scurrying frantically to satisfy the medium’s insatiable appetite for novelty, sometimes achieving massive inanity instead.1972 March 6, “China Coverage: Sweet and Sour”, in Time. From the entry banquet
  • Along about the time Orion's sword sloped down the west, Chabot heard their gruntled noises and the scurry of the flock.1909, Mary Austin, Lost Borders, page 172. From the entry gruntled
  • Jejeune's canoe sent a chevron of silver ripples scurrying across the mirror-calm surface as it carved its path through the dark water.2019, Steve Burrows, A Dance of Cranes: A Birder Murder Mystery, Oneworld Publications. From the entry chevron
  • We’ve now spent eight years watching Republican congressmen scurrying hither and thither brandishing pitchforks, outraged at the latest whiff of terrorist fist-bumpery.2016 September 4, Hari Kunzru, “The [Barack] Obama years: novelists assess his legacy”, in The New Review (The Observer), London, →ISSN…. From the entry bumpery
  • Through congested streets she scurried, taking notice of neither mettlesome horses nor startled pedestrians, oblivious to the clattersome danger of iron hoofs and wheels.2010, Maggie MacKeever, Dulcie Bligh. From the entry clattersome
  • As soon as they see me scurrying around picking up snorkels and flippers they know the Big Wet is on its way.1981, Les Tanner, Nature's a Nice Place to Visit, from Tanner With Words, 1981. Quoted in Aussie Humour, Macmillan, 1988, page 93. From the entry Hughie
  • Their simple ruse had sent the imperialists scurrying along the east bank to Siangtan, thus permitting the rebels to escape without molestation.1927, William James Hail, Tsêng Kuo Fan And The Taiping Rebellion: With a Short Sketch of His Later Career, Yale History Press, →OCLC…. From the entry Siangtan
  • Both these calls would have Ninna scurry so she would not miss them, and I would be allowed to go outside the gate with her to see their wares.2020, Aurora Gaia, The Olive Wood Cross: Spiritual Seasons of an Earthly Garden. From the entry fisho
  • Waiters in white vests and bow ties scurried among the guests carrying steaming seafood plates and Martini glasses brimming with the lemon yellow of the daiquirí.2016, Gabriel Ness, “Day Nine”, in An Exile Revisits Cuba: A Memoir of Humility, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 139. From the entry daiquirí
  • With a cry of anguish, she casts the bed-sheets aside, and crawls along the mattress to the foot of the bed, with the scurrying agility of an urchin.2002, Michel Faber, chapter 25, in The Crimson Petal and the White, Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, →ISBN, part 4 (The Bosom of the Family), page…. From the entry bed-sheet
  • She hated the jangling of the hall telephone, the scurrying to answer, the prodding of whichever bell button would summon the tenant asked for by the caller.1921, B. M. Bower, chapter 2, in Sawtooth Ranch, London: Methuen. From the entry bell button
  • A drive around Pyongyang passes building sites filled with mounds of dirt, dump trucks and cranes, where men in olive green uniforms and yellow hard hats scurry around with spades.2014 September 2, Anna Fifield, “With its water parks and new buildings, North Korea’s capital coddles the elite”, in The Washington Post…. From the entry Daedong

Meaning of scurry

  1. verb To run with quick light steps, to scamper.
  2. noun A dash.
  3. noun Bustle.

Full definition of scurry

Questions about scurry in a sentence

How do you use scurry in a sentence?
Scurry is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The turtlet scurried across the sandy beach, its tiny legs moving quickly as it searched for a safe place to hide.”
What is a short sentence with scurry?
“Boys scurried in search of dandelions and cactus leaves.”
What does scurry mean?
Scurry means to run with quick light steps, to scamper.

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