Scamper

Examples

• But Venn went on without much inconvenience to himself, and the course of his scamper was towards the Quiet Woman Inn. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The water was so fearfully cold that they were obliged to stop singing and scamper out again. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• At two o'clock Sam and Andy brought the horses up to the posts, apparently greatly refreshed and invigorated by the scamper of the morning. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Terrified cats scamper across the road. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He saw the females and the young scamper to the safety of the trees. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• We scrambled up the steep bank at the shabby town of Ghizeh, mounted the donkeys again, and scampered away. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Well, the dogs bayed and howled, and we rode and scampered, and finally we started him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Some of the horses were fast, and made very good time, but the camel scampered by them without any very great effort. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The child scampered, with all his little strength, after the prize, while his master laughed. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Again scampering devious, bounding here, rushing there, snuffing and sniffing everywhere; she at last discovered me in classe. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• We never see her out now, scampering over the furze with a face as red as a rose, as she used to do. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Everybody was sent scampering to the deck at seven o'clock this lovely morning of the thirtieth of June with the glad news that land was in sight! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Why must _she_ be scampering about the country, because her sister had a cold? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.

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