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

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — When suspense long since has skedaddled off to some other place and a sporting event has morphed into more of a parade, people do still come for the parade.

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2021

I skedaddled out of there before I had a chance to ask him about Wonders or about his cousin Holt.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney