How to Use scurry in a Sentence

scurry

verb
  • Mice scurried around the house.
  • She scurried off to finish the job.
  • Pip scurried over to take a seat on my foot.
    — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • Travis tossed Joe a gun and both scurried to the top of the wall.
    — Robert Kolarik, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Owls would hoot and turkeys would scurry.
    — Tim Craig, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2026
  • So loud that the birds and squirrels in the trees above us scurried away.
    — Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Mary scurried to the gate, ready to greet her visitors with a hug.
    — Alden Woods, azcentral, 30 Mar. 2020
  • Foxes and mink hunt voles and mice, which scurry beneath the snow.
    — Kerri Westenberg, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Your eyes may see the prairie dogs digging and scurrying.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026
  • And so the mouse was scurrying all around the house, trying to get a feast.
    — Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Then, either a heave, or some scurrying around and then a heave.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
  • This time, the final fans scurrying in were met by queues.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • 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 cat would come out and take some food but scurry back to its hiding spot soon after.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2024
  • By now, though, her face falls completely off and scurries away.
    — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The rare passers-by or tourists caught in the middle of the melees scurried to safety.
    — Time, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Crushed like a scurrying cucaracha on the kitchen floor.
    — Greg Cote january 30, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Creepy spider bots and quadrupeds with cheetah-print paint jobs scurry across the floor.
    — Tom Vanderbilt, Wired, 1 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • Squirrels had always scurried through trees, where birds sang.
    — Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Things also scurried in the branches above.
    — Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Two small children scurried out behind her.
    — Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
  • One of the other guests crouches and a meerkat scurries onto her leg.
    — Mary Holland, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The players scurried off to four stations on the corners of the field.
    — Roman Stubbs, Twin Cities, 28 Aug. 2019
  • The impact knocked her to the ground as several medics scurried to help.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 2 June 2020
  • There is shade along the path; iguanas scurry into the canal as riders pass.
    — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Each round saw the families scurry across the room to pay rent, pay off loans and rush to school and work.
    — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The other women scurry out as the Guardian looks on, stymied.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 13 May 2025
  • All three Mets runners scored as Baty scurried to third with a triple.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • In an explosive backflip, the gecko gives the snake the slip and scurries away.
    — Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 19 Dec. 2017

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