She watched the squirrel scurry from the telephone line to the roof. From LearnThat.org.
` The Thiefmaker tried to let a vaguely sincere expression scurry onto his face, where it froze in evident discomfort. '. From Wordnik.com. [A visit to Thog's Masterclass] Reference
I've been an AR member for a while, but just recently started blogging and commenting on other's posts ... and it can be "scurry". From Wordnik.com. [ActiveRain Real Estate Network] Reference
I had just returned from a "scurry" among the Comanches of Western Texas, and the idea of "settling down" was as far from my mind as ever. From Wordnik.com. [The Rifle Rangers] Reference
He had seen everyone else scurry from him in fear. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour] Reference
Back we went, in rather a hurry-scurry I must allow. From Wordnik.com. [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference
A rustle and a scurry and a sound of scampering feet. From Wordnik.com. [Zodiac Town The Rhymes of Amos and Ann] Reference
By late morning, everyone in the palace was all a scurry. From Wordnik.com. [Kanha's Dream] Reference
Men and women scurry through the dark allies to the mosque. From Wordnik.com. [Female Imams Blaze Trail Amid China's Muslims] Reference
Ms. SULLIVAN LOESSER: (Singing) So really I'd better scurry. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Heart and Soul' of Frank Loesser] Reference
I loved going down the stairs into our hot scurry of excitement. From Wordnik.com. [Working With the Working Woman] Reference
It has been interesting to see the chickens scurry for cover whenever. From Wordnik.com. [The New York and Albany Post Road From Kings Bridge to "The Ferry at Crawlier, over against Albany," Being an Account of a Jaunt on Foot Made at Sundry Convenient Times between May and November, Nineteen Hundred and Five] Reference
They hold on to something, get frightened, and scurry back to tradition. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the Hills] Reference
Gardens provide a well-needed respite from the hurry-scurry of modern life. From Wordnik.com. [MAIL CALL AND CORRECTIONS] Reference
As I watched them scurry into the shadows, I thought of my own humble past. From Wordnik.com. [Global Warming: One More Thing to Fret About] Reference
As we talk, robot rats scurry around the floor and a robot infant toddles past. From Wordnik.com. [In Shanghai, Alternatives To The World Expo] Reference
Anxious aides scurry to control the torrents of information gushing from government. From Wordnik.com. [Credibility Gap Redux] Reference
The twolegs scurry around; they have a thing around me that they take off when I am foul. From Wordnik.com. [S OWN STORY(1)] Reference
Our baby quail got tangled in the long grass as he tried to scurry away and I picked him up. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
Rats cramped in a small cage tend to scurry around haphazardly trying to find a resting spot. From Wordnik.com. [Joseph Satto: Manhattan vs. Brooklyn: And the Best Place to Live is...] Reference
The notes swim and fly and scurry: ants erupting from a hole in the earth or the hand or the head. From Wordnik.com. [Today the Smell of Worms and Wet Pennies] Reference
Such finds have made astronomers scurry to start a census of what threats lurk in the solar system. From Wordnik.com. [THE SCIENCE OF DOOM] Reference
An hour later a book dropped from the apple tree to the ground, bringing a scurry of leaves with it. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Secret] Reference
Lift up a stone in the meadow, let in the light, and see how a hundred secret things will scurry away. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
A rat tried to scurry through the crowd: a man punted it across the street, and New Yorkers cheered. From Wordnik.com. [A Bagpiper's March To Ground Zero] Reference
So they scurry around trying to look busy, or work on random things that they hope might generate momentum. From Wordnik.com. [Marty Zwilling: Don't Confuse Business Motion With Momentum] Reference
At five minutes to eleven there is a bugle-call, followed by a hurry-scurry; the whole ship is alive at once. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
Apron-clad workers scurry throughout the dimly lit food court preparing for the onslaught of the caffeine-deprived. From Wordnik.com. [It's Never Too Late to Become a Mall Rat] Reference
In America we've come to see these women as timid creatures, covered from head to toe, who scurry rather than walk. From Wordnik.com. [Reform: Not Ignorant, Not Helpless] Reference
Her restless eyes watched a light from the driveway scurry across the bed and zig-zag over the faces of the two brothers. From Wordnik.com. [Four Days The Story of a War Marriage] Reference
When my husband says, "Let's take a walk," my response is a snappy, "Sure," as I scurry off to find and lace up my sneakers. From Wordnik.com. [Walking the Walk] Reference
Then had come a swift-darting something up stream, a jerk at his line to set his pulses throbbing, a wild scurry for freedom and. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
Behind smoked-glass windows, researchers in white coats scurry around preparing platters of new treats in industrial test kitchens. From Wordnik.com. [Crunch Time At Kellogg] Reference
There were a few seconds to spare from her ultimatum when the scurry of feet ceased in a thud which echoed through the silent house. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
At his post-election press conference, the president looked like a base runner trapped in a rundown, unable to go forward or scurry back. From Wordnik.com. [The Rescue Squad] Reference
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