scurry
verb (used without object)
to go or move quickly or in haste.
has been scurrying
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present perfect progressiveof scurry (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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GM has been scurrying ever since to make the necessary emissions modifications to the small gasoline engine in Volt to supply the mushrooming demand in California.
From Forbes ● Jun. 27, 2012
Now 46, he has been scurrying back and forth across the Rio Grande for 26 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Miami, a buyer for Burdines who caught the fever while visiting New York has been scurrying to reorder the saggy slacks for several weeks.
From Time Magazine Archive
