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.
  • Or, scoot through the drive-through for $12.
    — Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 18 Feb. 2026
  • She is seen trying to scoot her way through the tube.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The suspect then sits down in the chair and scoots away.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 2 May 2026
  • Place some chairs around this circle, sit in them, scoot them out.
    — Jennifer Adams, Philly.com, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Kids can bike, walk or scoot safely away from traffic.
    — Taylor Haught, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The door swung open and a man jumped in, forcing me to scoot over on the back seat.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2017
  • The doe keeps turning and scooting away and shakes two of the fawns.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 3 Aug. 2023
  • They have only been asked to scoot over so others can pull up a seat.
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 4 Aug. 2017
  • My’onna could no longer scoot down waterslides or kick her feet in the pool.
    — Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2021
  • They will be scooted along before the plants are eaten down to the nubs.
    — Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 16 Jan. 2025
  • That maybe most of its rain would fall Saturday night and scoot away.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 7 June 2018
  • Two other kid scoot away from the home out of the camera's vision.
    — Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, 6 Apr. 2018
  • People as large as Davis is should not be able to scoot at this level.
    — Doug Farrar, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Would love to see Atwood keep scooting.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Then, scoot the coals to one side, leaving the other side empty.
    — Washington Post, 11 June 2021
  • But scooter-ers haven’t always scooted on the right side of the law.
    — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Plus, what three-year-old wouldn’t love to scoot around with light-up handlebars and wheels?
    — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Two roaches scooted on the floor next to the reach-in cooler at the front counter.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
  • At that moment, Haines scooted over in her chair, which made a toot noise.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023
  • Zoom around the courtyard (or scoot along the edge, holding onto the rail—hey!
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Get too aggressive with the chip, and the ball will scoot to the other side of the green.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • The next will get a bit more breeze in your chops and scoot you to 21 mph (34 km/h).
    — Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 23 Jan. 2025
  • But then the doors opened, and Petit scooted out into the fresh air.
    — Bob Morris, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • The gadget suctions to your surface and then scoots its way across the surface.
    — Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Tried scooting back to the rear of the seat, but then pedaling was plain awkward.
    — Scott Kramer, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023

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