scamper
verb (used without object)
to run or go hastily or quickly.
have scampered
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present perfectof scamper.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Wire fox terriers have scampered away with the top prize 15 times, most recently in 2019.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024
In records going back to 1907, Wire fox terriers have scampered away with the top prize 15 times, most recently in 2019.
From Washington Times ● May 5, 2023
Unusual animals called aye-ayes, a species of Madagascan lemur, could have scampered fully formed from Edgar Allan Poe’s forehead.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2019
They took their bows and have scampered off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2018
“Let down the drawbridge!” cried Denis; “the enemy have scampered off like wild fowl, though only Hendricks, my father, and our men, with myself, have been peppering them.”
From Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand by William Henry Giles Kingston
