Example Sentences

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What if instead of staying in the tomb, she skedaddled with a posy to the Renaissance club scene in Paris and found a new love?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2023

Usually the sheep walked away or skedaddled before any physical altercation actually broke out.

From Scientific American • Oct. 17, 2022

One of the few positives is most investors seem to have skedaddled already.

From Reuters • Feb. 11, 2022

Abby and Chris didn’t have to linger long on their corner; the young woman playing her guitar finished up in 15 minutes and skedaddled.

From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2018

Then he skedaddled down the hall, not wanting to be caught talking to the condemned prisoner.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly