scurried; scurrying
1
: to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper
2
: to move around in an agitated, confused, or fluttering manner
scurry
noun
Examples of scurry in a Sentence
She scurried off to finish the job.
Mice scurried around the house.
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For years, getting travelers to see Athens as more than a transient city would take some convincing; the extent of their stay at the best hotels in Athens would merely include a brief bucket-list visit to the Acropolis before scurrying off to the Greek islands.
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Monica Mendal, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2025
But even that nice moment is tempered by the sound of something scurrying about somewhere in or around her villa.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
Secondly, if someone using a dash instead of a hyphen sends you scurrying into a corner, maybe reading is too risky for you.
—John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2025
Just before the tornado touched down, 445 graduates of Joplin High School had just completed their graduation ceremony and had to scurry to find cover.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
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Monica Mendal, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2025
But even that nice moment is tempered by the sound of something scurrying about somewhere in or around her villa.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
Secondly, if someone using a dash instead of a hyphen sends you scurrying into a corner, maybe reading is too risky for you.
—John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2025
Just before the tornado touched down, 445 graduates of Joplin High School had just completed their graduation ceremony and had to scurry to find cover.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scurry
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“Scurry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scurry. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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