Flee, mouse-style

Usage examples of scurry.

He lowered Billie to the floor and watched her scurry out of the room.

The door slammed behind the obese man, and Dora scurried to fetch what Ruark had requested, setting out fruits, bread, and meats, while she brewed a pot of strong tea.

Her brusque command galvanized the others who found themselves having to scurry after her as she strode off.

I found out in three minutes flat when captain Bullen appeared on deck, an anxious-looking agent scurrying along behind him.

Lo Manto dodged and scurried past the slow-moving clusters, closing in on the tiring Pullman, who was out of shape and slowed by a two-pack-a-day cigarette habit.

Our praetor-governor Nerva scurried off to Sicily and began to manumit the Italians, who number about a quarter of the total grain slaves.

A whine of fire brought Maslin back to his surroundings, and he scurried back behind the tent.

By the time he got going again Merel had taken a long lead, but he scurried after her, determined to catch up.

His voice was calm and steady as he spoke briefly to his runners, sending one scurrying to find Acton and Fandwick on the left flank, the other to Messaline and Ginnisson on the right.

He had to go further back, past the scurrying lemur lives and the slimy and raw slug lives, feeling back millions of years to the eyeless, mouthless beginnings of the cell.

Far below him was a broad street, thronged with darting multiped vehicles and scurrying people.

I scurried beneath in the nick of time, grateful once again to see the black-and-white hulk of Nonsuch House rising against the sky to meet me.

But after he lifted the gown over her head, she scurried away, facing him in corset, pantalettes, and petticoat.

As he watched, Pattera tucked the shuttle into a leather bracket on the loom frame and, wrapping a brown shawl around her, scurried toward the door.

She turned, and Cerryl watched blankly as Pattera scurried back down the alley, the shawl over her nightdress flapping as her bare feet padded on the stones.