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Meanings of scurry in English
Catalan
escapolir-se Synonyms
Examples for "scuttle"
Examples for "scuttle"
1
I've seen 'em scuttle right up a hork tree after a howler.
2
In the shed, however, he put down the scuttle and stood still.
3
Ryan described the mail-fraud charge that threatened to scuttle Ricca's parole chances.
4
The tramp had managed to get through a scuttle on the roof.
5
When the cold light of day dawns they scuttle away and hide.
1
Cards and chips and bills go flying, then skitter across the floor.
2
Watching my thoughts skitter through my chaotic mind is excruciating for me.
3
Murphy dropped the Bradfield, letting it skitter away across the silicon roof.
4
He puts the cigarettes down on the worktable where they skitter, wind-shifted.
5
But while it did skitter around me, it never came any nearer.
Usage of scurry in English
1
There was a wild scurry of wings; then the other bird dropt.
2
And people scurry about losing themselves in cogs and springs and levers.
3
The machine strikes little drifts, and they scurry away in a cloud.
4
He left the woodchucks to scurry about the pasture as they pleased.
5
We saddled the donkey, and my mother went hurry-scurry to the château.
6
The rest are left to scurry about in search of the crumbs.
7
The cast scurry all over the place and shots are fired aimlessly.
8
The new captives scurry away from the monsters and into the container.
9
Swallowing, I flicked the insects, watched them right themselves and scurry away.
10
Dust lay thick over everything, and they heard the scurry of rats.
11
Shortly afterwards Fairfield heard a taxicab scurry away down the sodden street.
12
I scurry out, clutching my headdress, and find Isabel in our bedroom.
13
They hold on to something, get frightened, and scurry back to tradition.
14
There was a quick scurry inside, as of fast-moving feet, then silence.
15
All he did was scurry around making excuses and covering things up.
16
There was a terrified scurry of slaves from under his horses' feet.
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Scurry across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common