How to Use scurry in a Sentence

scurry

verb

• Mice scurried around the house.
• She scurried off to finish the job.
• Travis tossed Joe a gun and both scurried to the top of the wall.
  — Robert Kolarik, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Mar. 2018
• So loud that the birds and squirrels in the trees above us scurried away.
  — Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2023
• The throw was high, though, and Gautreaux scurried his way to home plate for St. Amant's third run of the game.
  — Josh Preston, NOLA.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• The rare passers-by or tourists caught in the middle of the melees scurried to safety.
  — Time, 17 Oct. 2019
• If your in-laws no-show on you, then don’t scurry to them.
  — Washington Post, 30 May 2021
• Late in the day the Germans shelled the town and sent the crowds scurrying to cover.
  — Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2019
• And so the mouse was scurrying all around the house, trying to get a feast.
  — Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2024
• Prince scurries to his left where there is an open path.
  — Adam Coleman, Houston Chronicle, 8 Dec. 2017
• The players scurried off to four stations on the corners of the field.
  — Roman Stubbs, Twin Cities, 28 Aug. 2019
• If the mice had not yet moved, the disk’s motion caused the rodents to scurry to the tunnel.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
• In an explosive backflip, the gecko gives the snake the slip and scurries away.
  — Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 19 Dec. 2017
• The crowds gathered in the park, the children scurried to the front and sat, cross-legged, staring up in awe at him.
  — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
• Mary scurried to the gate, ready to greet her visitors with a hug.
  — Alden Woods, azcentral, 30 Mar. 2020
• Springer scurried to second on Gary Sánchez’s passed ball and scored the game’s first run on a wild pitch.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 18 Oct. 2019
• The other women scurry out as the Guardian looks on, stymied.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 13 May 2025
• The squirrel quickly plucks a bag of candy from the display and scurries out of the store.
  — Kelsey Grey, idahostatesman, 12 June 2018
• Goins scurried his way to second base and Labruzza scored for a 1-0 lead and the only run of the game.
  — Josh Preston, NOLA.com, 7 Apr. 2018
• The impact knocked her to the ground as several medics scurried to help.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 2 June 2020
• Foxes and mink hunt voles and mice, which scurry beneath the snow.
  — Kerri Westenberg, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020
• 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 sound of gunfire at the end of the game sent people scurrying for safety.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
• The sound of gunfire at the end of the game sent people scurrying for safety.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2025
• The house was a dream aside from the overstuffed marsh rats that scurried across the basement floor morning, noon, and night.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2023
• Age has brought thoughts of conservatism scurrying into the back of his mind.
  — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2026
• The man who once ignored his own safety to scurry out onto a frozen pond, crashing through the ice to rescue my yellow lab.
  — Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
• If seeing one scurrying through your living room sends you scrambling for a quick remedy, your instincts are on track.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2026
• This sends his team of handlers scurrying to deal with the fallout of the fight and the financial consequences of him leaving the project.
  — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025
• Has Clooney ever seemed that good at sprinting or darting or dashing or scurrying?
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025