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Meanings of scurry away in English

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Usage of scurry away in English
1
The machine strikes little drifts, and they scurry away in a cloud.
McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader
2
The new captives scurry away from the monsters and into the container.
World After
3
Swallowing, I flicked the insects, watched them right themselves and scurry away.
Grave Secrets
4
Shortly afterwards Fairfield heard a taxicab scurry away down the sodden street.
The Grell Mystery
5
Something in Amos' face making them scurry away and not look back.
Abaddon's Gate
6
I mean, she'll squash me if you don't help me to scurry away!
Memoirs of a geisha: a novel
7
Mastiff tried to scurry away, but the silver streak moved faster.
A Day Dark as Night
8
I saw some of the canoes turn and scurry away.
The Captain of the Kansas
9
They scurry away as soon as they see our car.
Angelfall
10
As we started toward her, she suddenly turned and began to scurry away from us.
Beautiful assassin
11
They scurry away from the fence when a man with a cattle prod approaches them.
Angelfall
12
We are not going to scurry away like rats.
Island beneath the sea
13
Luke leaned out and barked something harsh at the subhuman which caused it to scurry away.
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
14
Why does he not scurry away, or hide, or step back, or run inside the two-holer?
The great lover
15
She jumped at the sight of them, ducking to watch them scurry away into the corridor.
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
16
Owen watched her scurry away down the street.
Another life
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common