scurry
verb (used without object)
to go or move quickly or in haste.
Example Sentences
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“Shielded by her security, Britney scurries in like a frightened deer,” Weiss writes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025
But despite this convincing show, Romy is merely faking it, a detail we learn moments later when she scurries off to the privacy of her office.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2024
After exchanging words with a curiously hostile waiter, the Collector scurries down a shadowy Chandleresque mean street before taking a fatal turn into a nightmarish alley.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
A woman who, on the rare occasions she is seen, scurries to the shops and hurries straight back.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2022
A Renton squirrel scurries up the gate of the motel swimming pool, closed for the season.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
