How to Use scuttle in a Sentence

scuttle

verb

• As long as the three of them stick together, there is a clear way to scuttle the deal.
  — Kevin Sullivan, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2021
• Even orcas want to eat the rich—or at least scuttle their yachts.
  — Véronique Hyland, ELLE, 13 June 2023
• Platonov’s novel was set up in type, but, at the last minute, the publisher scuttled the project.
  — Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
• Then, when the outfielder took a ball, De La Cruz scuttled to third base.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
• Other artists come in and draw out aspects of the book to the fore, and other aspects are scuttled away.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2023
• Then, there’s the secondary question: will Fox News scuttle his changes?
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 28 Apr. 2022
• So how did fishing become the issue that might scuttle a trade deal?
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2020
• But every few minutes, one of the diggers scuttled out of the muck clutching a keeper.
  — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023
• Critics accused Trump of scuttling the bill that might have helped settle chaos along the border in an attempt to win back the White House.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
• Hermit crabs scuttled away from close calls beneath my boots.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 7 Mar. 2023
• Elly De La Cruz created the Reds’ best chance to win it in the ninth — before scuttling that chance when he got picked off second.
  — Gordon Wittenmyer, The Enquirer, 18 July 2023
• Many said the housing units are cramped and squalid, with cockroaches scuttling across the floor and a briny water supply that caused rashes.
  — Anna Schecter, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2023
• Manchin’s resistance may scuttle one other tax idea — a plan to give the IRS more resources to go after tax scofflaws.
  — Alan Fram, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2021
• It was considered the biggest spider ever to scuttle across the Earth.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023
• And what is your plan if the government ultimately scuttles the deal?
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2023
• Billions of dollars, countless data points, years of practice and dreams, all scuttled in about a month.
  — George Allen, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2023
• Officers standing in front of the metal barriers had to scuttle out of the way to avoid being trampled by the horse.
  — Brie Stimson, Fox News, 6 May 2023
• That complication alone shouldn't scuttle the deal, though.
  — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2022
• So the system was pretty much scuttled in favor of letting the recipient choose the presents.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
• The researchers think all those extra appendages might be a boon to the critters, who need to scuttle through tight underground spaces.
  — Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2021
• The second time, Lukas Matsson alludes to nukes when talking about any attempts to scuttle his deal to purchase Waystar.
  — Emily St. James, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2023
• The water splashed and bubbled, the young equine scuttled, the crocodiles worked in unsettling concert.
  — Jackie Caradonio, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2023
• The teams were to resume play Saturday and complete the three-game series, but wet field conditions scuttled those plans.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2023
• Might a reluctance to include one of them scuttle a potential deal?
  — Dallas News, 16 Dec. 2022
• But developments in Syria were about to scuttle the entire process.
  — Nicholas Blanford, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2022
• The swap could be scuttled by hard-liners in Israel’s government who do not want to make any deal with Hamas, or who want Israel to secure the release of more hostages.
  — Matthew Rosenberg, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• That said, White House officials also tried to scuttle passage of the spending needed to pay for the initiative.
  — Julie Rovner, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024
• In footage filmed by David Watchorn this past weekend, the crustaceans scuttle over roadways and infrastructure.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2022
• And of course, the blasted, decaying backdrop of the Bronx would somehow scuttle everyone’s dreams and desires.
  — Vulture, 15 Sep. 2023
• The standoff ultimately led to Sony scuttling the deal in January.
  — Anto Antony, Bloomberg.com, 20 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 28 May 2024