scampering in English

verb
1
(especially of a small animal or child) run with quick light steps, especially through fear or excitement.
he scampered in like an overgrown puppy
synonyms:scurryscuttledartrunrushracedashsprinthurryhastenmake hastescootrompskipfrolicgambolscutter
verb

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "scampering" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "scampering", or refer to the context using the word "scampering" in the English Dictionary.

1. Brattling (plural Brattlings) A rattling or scampering noise

2. You may see it scampering about learning to find food.

3. Children were scampering and wrestling in the playground.

4. The...dog came scampering up...scuttling about in circles.

5. SCAMPERING about looking for food, the mouse feels safe in the darkness.

6. The sound of someone jumping off the rafters and scampering to the back of the cabin.

7. A grey squirrel, spry after its winter sleep, startled Ben by scampering across his path.

8. Hank raced off before I could collar him, scampering like a puppy along a path leading up to the Mills Observatory.

9. Brattle (third-person singular simple present brattles, present participle brattling, simple past and past participle Brattled) (intransitive) To rattle; to make a scampering noise

10. Brattle (third-person singular simple present Brattles, present participle brattling, simple past and past participle brattled) (intransitive) To rattle; to make a scampering noise

11. Brattle (third-person singular simple present brattles, present participle brattling, simple past and past participle Brattled) (intransitive) To rattle; to make a scampering noise

12. Brattle (third-person singular simple present brattles, present participle brattling, simple past and past participle Brattled) (intransitive) To rattle; to make a scampering noise

13. Anyway, although Riley was Airmailing his passes to Spokane the entire afternoon he really didn’t commit any blatant errors outside of fumbling that ball when he was scampering on his second run

14. 1199 of the magic words Authorizing "all necessary means" found in other Security Council resolutions Authorizing the use of force, such as 678 (Iraq) and 940 (Haiti), that sent international lawyers scampering for an international legal justification for the use of force in Kosovo.