Example sentences for: scurry

How can you use “scurry” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • house-mice scurry awake from their naps after the heat of the day

  • As a result, the entire ethnic-Albanian delegation is grounded in Kosovo while Western officials scurry around Belgrade cajoling Milosevic to back down.

  • Despite being dissed and then shot down by such standard-bearers as the New York Times , the Los Angeles Times , and the Washington Post , the Mercury News allegations spread like cocaine had in the 1980s, causing national leaders to scurry around with concern.

  • Human-propelled ferryboats scurry out of the way as long trains of barges, their decks heaped up with onions, reeds, or bricks, labor past.

  • Then, as Staples continued to head toward them, they would panic, release their grip, and scurry apart.


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