scurry
verb (used without object)
to go or move quickly or in haste.
scurrying
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present participleof scurry.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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“Johnnie Walker Black Label. And something Japanese,” he dictates to one of the two assistants scurrying around his palatial open-plan home in L.A.’s Beverly Grove.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
It sends a few scurrying for help, meanwhile, and leaves others vulnerable because they don’t know there’s anything they can do to prevent this from happening.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
When the possessive and paranoid Frank Ford runs into Margaret as she’s scurrying to meet his wife, Alice, he pointedly remarks, “I think, if your husbands were dead, you two would marry.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Two dogs climbed onto the rubble, scurrying up and down, but detected nothing.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
There were red squirrels in the trees, chipmunks scurrying through the leaves, and little rabbits playing games together in the open places.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
