How to Use scoot in a Sentence

scoot

verb

• He scooted closer to the table.
• She scooted her chair back a few inches.
• She talked to us for a few minutes before scooting off to some appointment.
• Looks like snow will scoot out of here on the fast side.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023
• The doe keeps turning and scooting away and shakes two of the fawns.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 3 Aug. 2023
• That's enough shove to scoot this brick to 62 mph in 4.5 seconds.
  — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 5 Nov. 2022
• Remove the baking sheet from the oven, and scoot the pumpkin pieces to one side of the sheet.
  — Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Nov. 2022
• Hence the name Scooter, who scoots her way through life.
  — Matt Campbell, kansascity, 24 Apr. 2018
• To scoot past the summer swarms on Trail Ridge Road, head south or west.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 23 June 2022
• You will be asked to scoot your buttocks down to the very edge of the exam table.
  — Elizabeth Boskey, Verywell Health, 27 June 2023
• Then, scoot the coals to one side, leaving the other side empty.
  — Washington Post, 11 June 2021
• My’onna could no longer scoot down waterslides or kick her feet in the pool.
  — Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2021
• But Harper stole second on the third strike and Quinn scooted home on the throw.
  — Rob Maaddi, sun-sentinel.com, 22 June 2019
• And this pup scooted right up next to the TV for his performance.
  — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 21 Mar. 2020
• That maybe most of its rain would fall Saturday night and scoot away.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 7 June 2018
• Kendrick dropped his right knee to the ground but still couldn’t block the ball, which scooted through his legs and into right field.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2019
• People as large as Davis is should not be able to scoot at this level.
  — Doug Farrar, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2022
• The feathers should extend to about the U of the hook; if not, scoot the bundle forward or backward.
  — Aleta Burchyski, Outside Online, 20 May 2020
• At that moment, Haines scooted over in her chair, which made a toot noise.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023
• Enter Email Sign Up Bello places the phone on a table and scoots his chair in.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
• LeBron James scooted up the left side of the court, and the Lakers triggered the break with an outlet.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
• Plus, what three-year-old wouldn’t love to scoot around with light-up handlebars and wheels?
  — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 17 Oct. 2023
• When the suitcase is closed, kids can sit on top and scoot themselves or be pulled with the attached strap.
  — Amanda Constantine, Good Housekeeping, 9 Nov. 2022
• Three-year-old Kathryn scooted her tiny legs off the end of the mattress, felt her feet hit the floor, and searched for him, room by room.
  — Devin Tomb, Good Housekeeping, 21 Sep. 2018
• Tried scooting back to the rear of the seat, but then pedaling was plain awkward.
  — Scott Kramer, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
• Brown scooted down the wing, shot for a rebound, low to Rask’s right pad, and a crashing Tkachuk had an open side of the net.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2019
• Lapschies, who has hearing loss, turned around, then used his feet to scoot to the window.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 1 Apr. 2020
• She’s someone with the discipline to scoot away from bad habits.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2021
• Then there are coyotes, which sometimes scoot under the fence through the wildlife gap at the bottom.
  — Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune, 3 July 2021
• The kitchen chairs are all on wheels because her three granddaughters love to scoot around on them.
  — David Netto, Town & Country, 6 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024