Example Sentences

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They were scurrying to catch their connecting flight when Kish powered up her phone and saw texts from her manager trickle in.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2024

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

But there is at least one other fossil that indicates theropods really were scurrying around Triassic Utah. 

From Scientific American • Jan. 7, 2018

Olympic Committee and others were scurrying him along because competitors have a 60-minute window after competition in which to be drug-tested.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2014

Small mammals were scurrying away from the two of them, and a few birds were up chasing after flashing fireflies.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young