scurry
verb (used without object)
to go or move quickly or in haste.
were scurrying
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past progressiveof scurry.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“Then I turned behind me and looked down the tunnel and some of the clubhouse guys were scurrying around way too fast for us losing 4-1. So I knew something was going on then.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
Organizers earlier on Monday were scurrying to come up with plans to evacuate the Scouts ahead of the storm’s arrival but weren’t committing to abandoning the campsite entirely.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
Already, men in dust-covered overalls were scurrying over the mountain of rubble, scavenging and dumping whatever they could sell onto a nearby donkey cart before the municipality cleaned everything up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2021
But there is at least one other fossil that indicates theropods really were scurrying around Triassic Utah.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 7, 2018
Max and Omi were scurrying toward us, dodging a basketball.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
