scuttle

How To Use scuttle In A Sentence

• Golub was an odd man out, one of those who kept alive certain ambitions scuttled by the artists who followed Abstract Expressionism.
• We can certainly prefer not carrying endless scuttles of coal up from the cellar.
• I try to hug him, but he just drops to the floor and scuttles away, slamming the door shut again with his feet.
• The whole place had a damp and evil smell, and as I moved my torch a rat scuttled across the floor.
• The officers of the xebecs knew they couldn't outmaneuver or outrun the British so they decided to scuttle their craft, toss their armament overboard and escape on foot to the north.
• Behind one of the cameras a lizard scuttles up the wall and disappears down the other side.
• Micky Conlan would roll the ball in front, then run, pick it up, baulk an imaginary opponent, run close to the boundary, kick the goal then scuttle back, laughing.
• Ahead, a line of massive, two-tailed scorpions scuttled through the eastern gate and swarmed among fallen hunks of ceiling. GuildWars Edge of Destiny
• Lizards with bright blue tails scuttled out of our way, taking cover among the thorn bushes and cactus that were the only greenery.
• The scuttlebutt I hear is that a lot of the leading Illinois Democrats (i.e. the crooked Blue Dog ones who are all going to end up indicted anyway as long as Pat Fitzgerald doesn't run out of time) want Hillary and the only reason Obama has as strong a base as he does in his home state is because of Penny Pritzker's bullheadedness in getting him networked and funded. Reid Allowed Vote On Mukasey In Exchange For Military Funding Bill