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Tiny spiders dripped from the wand and scurried toward their prey, growing rapidly as they went until each was the size of a man's hand.

The child scooped her uncounted change into her coin purse, grabbed her package and scurried out the door.

Less-anxious mice did not avoid handlers that restrained them by the scruff of the neck, whereas tail-snatched mice scurried away.

But as he spoke, his voice was drowned out by the muezzin's call to prayer - we were next to a mosque, and he scurried off.

Every so often one of the creatures scurried out to pick up a bit of discarded string or clean up after a passing lizard mount.

I grew wearier as I scurried around, trying to care for each child: thermometers, juice, diapers.

His mother scurried over, worried. . . but I reassured her that her son wasn't bothering me.

Today I got up a little earlier and scrabbled for dressing up. Then I scurried to the kitchen and ignited the gas for boiling water.

Chiang scurried diplomatically, making concessions to Moscow in the hope of being allowed at least to partition Manchuria.

Dickey, who feared for her cat, then called Jack home and the bear scurried back to the woods.

Players scurried for cover when the hapless pilot set the chopper down on the letter "H" painted in the corner of the cricket ground.

The little boats scurried off into the smaller arm of the river and clung with their anchors safely to its banks.

The sound of the train startled a black-faced herd, which scurried toward the hills.

The enemy scurried way , with the tail between their legs.

so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground. . .

In late May Mr. Miller, fresh in from Los Angeles, scurried around the set. The shoot was behind schedule.

The fugitive scurried across the street to avoid the police.

Today, while working as a waiter, I was clearing plates off a table. Something suddenly scurried across the table.

Julia rushed out of the hut, and scurried to the gates.

Perhaps because, as they scurried around like ants in exaggerated landscapes, it was hard for them to get the big picture.

Investors scurried for safety, betting locked-down credit markets would start to shut down global economic growth.

Most of the politicians who scurried back from foreign holidays looked as shell-shocked as everyone else.

Peter Rabbit scurried around all the spices and saw lots of saffron, different teas and peppers.

No one was hurt, but some MPs scurried for safety over the back wall.

He sat near a window and watched the wooden people as they scurried around giving each other stars and dots.

Hundreds of people scurried for cover as debris fell from the sky.

Anakin scurried to comply, running to the sink in the corner.

At the first flash of lightning, the beach crowd scurried for shelter from the imminent storm.

Settlers scurried into Ohio, Tennessee, and Kentucky.

At the first flash of lightning, people scurried for shelter from the impending storm.

They scurried in out of the cold.

Dozens of servants scurried through the large foyer.

Julia and the others scurried away before the secretary had a chance to react.

She pointed to a pen and a pad of paper by the phone in the hallway and I scurried to fetch them.

At the first flash of lightning, the beach crowd scurried for shelfter from the imminent storm.

The pig industry has scurried quickly toward integration over the past 15 years.

the mouse scurried into its hole hen the cat appeared.

The fire alarm was still ringing and they scurried out.

The mouse scurried into its hole when the cat appeared.

IN 2008 battered banks scurried to raise fresh capital.