Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scudded
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Bats were flipped, benches cleared, Toronto’s manager was ejected and throws skittered around PNC Park.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025 -
Rumors of a Satanic curse on the event skittered around the Haight, so early on the morning of the 14th, Ginsberg, Snyder, and Alan Watts conducted a pradakshina, a Buddhist purification rite.—
Dennis McNally,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Facing a fourth-down sequence, quarterback Jareth Staine lobbed a pass over the top to Isaiah Rogers, who scampered to paydirt for a 24-yard touchdown reception to give the Golden Eagles an immediate 6-0 advantage.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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Williams scampered 9 yards into the end zone for what the Hornets thought was the winner with 24 seconds to play before everyone noticed the flag.—
Joe Davidosn,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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In the tall-grass prairies that once spread out across pre-settlement Indiana, tiny ground squirrels scurried through the wildflowers, grasses and shrubs.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
21 Aug. 2025
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Brett Ryan, aided by Robbie Carter’s young daughter, scurried to place markers at the sites of the longest throws, before chucking the corpses back to the starting line.—
Nathaniel Rich,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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The game has been his passion since his earliest days, passed down by his father whose own dreams of playing were scuttled by an injury.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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San Jose had scuttled through a winless June.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
18 Aug. 2025
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Minneapolis police soon arrived at the scene, and officers darted inside the school, Garrity said.—
Marc Santia,
NBC news,
28 Aug. 2025
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Fifteen minutes after the Houston Astros opened their clubhouse to reporters Tuesday afternoon, Mauricio Dubón darted toward his locker.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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Aronofsky has, since the grittiness of Pi and Requiem for a Dream, flitted with alacrity from genre to genre, trying his hand at biblical epics (Noah) and claustrophobic dramas (The Whale).—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
29 Aug. 2025
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Nine flies flitted about the place, three of which flew around utensils in kitchen storage.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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In the Lower West Side of Chicago, music blared and green, white and red flags fluttered down the streets of the predominantly Latino Pilsen neighborhood on Saturday as crowds gathered for the start of Mexican Independence Day celebrations.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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Their tops and Tate’s hair fluttered in the breeze of a wind machine absurdly cranked up to Stage 4 hurricane levels.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Osaka said her fighting victory over Liudmila Samsonova in Montreal flicked a switch that lit the spark.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Sporting took the lead early thanks to Joveljic’s 15th goal of the 2025 season, a header flicked in at the near post.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Scudded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scudded. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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