How to Use scurry in a Sentence

scurry

verb

• Mice scurried around the house.
• She scurried off to finish the job.
• Travis tossed Joe a gun and both scurried to the top of the wall.
  — Robert Kolarik, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Mar. 2018
• So loud that the birds and squirrels in the trees above us scurried away.
  — Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2023
• The throw was high, though, and Gautreaux scurried his way to home plate for St. Amant's third run of the game.
  — Josh Preston, NOLA.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• The rare passers-by or tourists caught in the middle of the melees scurried to safety.
  — Time, 17 Oct. 2019
• If your in-laws no-show on you, then don’t scurry to them.
  — Washington Post, 30 May 2021
• Late in the day the Germans shelled the town and sent the crowds scurrying to cover.
  — Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2019
• And so the mouse was scurrying all around the house, trying to get a feast.
  — Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2024
• The players scurried off to four stations on the corners of the field.
  — Roman Stubbs, Twin Cities, 28 Aug. 2019
• If the mice had not yet moved, the disk’s motion caused the rodents to scurry to the tunnel.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
• In an explosive backflip, the gecko gives the snake the slip and scurries away.
  — Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 19 Dec. 2017
• Mary scurried to the gate, ready to greet her visitors with a hug.
  — Alden Woods, azcentral, 30 Mar. 2020
• Springer scurried to second on Gary Sánchez’s passed ball and scored the game’s first run on a wild pitch.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 18 Oct. 2019
• The squirrel quickly plucks a bag of candy from the display and scurries out of the store.
  — Kelsey Grey, idahostatesman, 12 June 2018
• Goins scurried his way to second base and Labruzza scored for a 1-0 lead and the only run of the game.
  — Josh Preston, NOLA.com, 7 Apr. 2018
• The impact knocked her to the ground as several medics scurried to help.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 2 June 2020
• Foxes and mink hunt voles and mice, which scurry beneath the snow.
  — Kerri Westenberg, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020
• That same squirrel has now grown devil horns and scurries over to the tree next door.
  — Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 1 Dec. 2019
• The house was a dream aside from the overstuffed marsh rats that scurried across the basement floor morning, noon, and night.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2023
• The cat would come out and take some food but scurry back to it's hiding spot soon after.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2024
• The cat would come out and take some food but scurry back to its hiding spot soon after.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2024
• The 49-year-old trusted his gut, which compelled him to scurry inside the 7-Eleven in front of him and hide out of fear.
  — Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2019
• Romelia Guadalupe, 22, scurried off to give her daughter a scrub in a nearby sink.
  — Julie Turkewitz, New York Times, 25 June 2018
• The creative team scurried in and out of Harrison’s dressing room to urge the star to change his mind.
  — Frank Rizzo, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
• Across the board, brokers have seen buyers scurrying to avoid the steep tax.
  — Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2023
• Creepy spider bots and quadrupeds with cheetah-print paint jobs scurry across the floor.
  — Tom Vanderbilt, Wired, 1 Feb. 2022
• As night fell during the drive, a civet cat scurried in front of the vehicle, its eyes bright in the headlights.
  — Christopher Torchia, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 June 2018
• Keep your eyes peeled for some small mice scurrying by amid the close-ups of White rocking out and ample crowd shots.
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 12 Sep. 2024
• The birds scurry between the legs of an older goat, quacking nonstop.
  — Sushmita Pathak, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024