How to Use scurry in a Sentence

scurry

verb

• Mice scurried around the house.
• She scurried off to finish the job.
• So loud that the birds and squirrels in the trees above us scurried away.
  — Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2023
• The rare passers-by or tourists caught in the middle of the melees scurried to safety.
  — Time, 17 Oct. 2019
• If your in-laws no-show on you, then don’t scurry to them.
  — Washington Post, 30 May 2021
• The players scurried off to four stations on the corners of the field.
  — Roman Stubbs, Twin Cities, 28 Aug. 2019
• If the mice had not yet moved, the disk’s motion caused the rodents to scurry to the tunnel.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
• Mary scurried to the gate, ready to greet her visitors with a hug.
  — Alden Woods, azcentral, 30 Mar. 2020
• Springer scurried to second on Gary Sánchez’s passed ball and scored the game’s first run on a wild pitch.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 18 Oct. 2019
• The impact knocked her to the ground as several medics scurried to help.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 2 June 2020
• Foxes and mink hunt voles and mice, which scurry beneath the snow.
  — Kerri Westenberg, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020
• That same squirrel has now grown devil horns and scurries over to the tree next door.
  — Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 1 Dec. 2019
• The house was a dream aside from the overstuffed marsh rats that scurried across the basement floor morning, noon, and night.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2023
• The cat would come out and take some food but scurry back to it's hiding spot soon after.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2024
• Across the board, brokers have seen buyers scurrying to avoid the steep tax.
  — Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2023
• Creepy spider bots and quadrupeds with cheetah-print paint jobs scurry across the floor.
  — Tom Vanderbilt, Wired, 1 Feb. 2022
• Chaos reigned in the hall; to stifle it, Hitler climbed onto a chair and fired a pistol into the air, then scurried to the stage.
  — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
• From discounts of between 20% and 90%, to flash sales and cashback, the sales were the talk of the town as everyone scurried to land the best deal.
  — Abishek Bhat, Quartz India, 9 Oct. 2019
• The offense just sort of showed up, made a handful of big plays, and scurried away in the shadow of Aaron Donald.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2019
• There is shade along the path; iguanas scurry into the canal as riders pass.
  — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2023
• Schwartzman scurried to the ball and thumped a backhand winner down the line, past Zverev’s outstretched arm.
  — Stanley Kay, SI.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• Pelphrey finally let out a shout and laughed as Matilda, fed up with the chase, scurried off.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
• At that point, D.C. police would blast their sirens and wave their hands, and Franklin would go scurrying back up.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
• The way pedestrians scurried along to make a traffic light.
  — Lauretta Charlton, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
• Children scurry past dealers to get to school and side-step bodies splayed on the sidewalk that might be alive — or might not.
  — Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Dec. 2022
• The deputies back away, allowing the cub to climb the ladder and scurry off to rejoin its family.
  — Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2019
• The problem is, Senator, nobody has the greater good in mind as the rats scurry for scraps when the golden platter is yanked.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 8 Aug. 2023
• Ever get the urge to scurry around cities and fight the patriarchy with your grubby little hands?
  — Haley Strack, National Review, 11 Aug. 2023
• Back at the house, the teams all scurry off into different rooms to get to know each other better.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2023
• The fate of your toes—dry or drenched—can mean the difference between enjoying the rest of the day and having to scurry back indoors to wait out the storm.
  — Lindsey Olander, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2020

Last Updated: 28 May 2024