Example Sentences

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“Look for the Light” felt harried and rushed, as if it was scurrying to get the job done before the closing credits.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2023

Suddenly there was scurrying to erect overhead signs that told drivers all the places this intersection of superslabs would take them.

From Washington Times • Oct. 24, 2018

HAMPTON, Va. — The ragtag lacrosse team was scurrying under the lights, and no one seemed to mind that the wind whipping in from the harbor was freezing at dusk, cruelly punishing any exposed skin.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2016

I moved the hand a little more dramatically, as if something was scurrying underneath the blanket.

From Forbes • Mar. 27, 2015

The little black needle was scurrying, an insect, nibbling through time, eating into his money.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley