scuttering

But all I heard was the cheeping of birds and the occasional scuttering of small animals along the forest floor.

The Children of the Lost FRANKLIN W. DIXON 2009

But all I heard was the cheeping of birds and the occasional scuttering of small animals along the forest floor.

The Children of the Lost FRANKLIN W. DIXON 2009

He came scuttering back, and he circled round and round me as I ploughed on; he drove the leeches away.

Dwellers in the Mirage 2004

The sound or movement sent the dog scuttering into a corner.

Male Wanted Schuler, Betty Jo 2002

He caught a low-amplitude conversation between two persons a hundred miles distant, borne this far by some freak of atmospherics; closer by he sensed the impulses of small scuttering things, not worth chasing; a flier jetted overhead and filled his perception briefly with static.

Explorations ANDERSON, Poul 1981

A sudden scuttering noise in front of him made Julian stop suddenly.

Five On A Secret Trail Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1956

It is consistent with strength and humor and manliness; but sentimentality and sensibility are poor cheeping creatures that run scuttering along the ground, quivering and whimpering and asking for perpetual sympathy, which they do not at all deserve.

Famous Affinities of History — Complete Lyndon Orr

It is consistent with strength and humor and manliness; but sentimentality and sensibility are poor cheeping creatures that run scuttering along the ground, quivering and whimpering and asking for perpetual sympathy, which they do not at all deserve.

Famous Affinities of History — Volume 3 Lyndon Orr

I stayed happily weather-bound for an hour looking over Venice "silvered with slants of rain," and watching umbrellas scuttering below with toes beneath them.

An Englishwoman's Love-Letters Anonymous

The faint scuttering which some small creature would make if it were disturbed — mouse, or mole, or rabbit — any one of them might be abroad in the dark.

Lonesome Road Wentworth, Patricia 1939