Sentences with phrase «scampering along»

At times, the screen can be full of ninjas, scampering along like a West End chorus line.

It is not uncommon to see a stray dog or cat roaming across a backyard or scampering along a sidewalk without a home to return to.

When Gen loses his grip in the face of adversity — the boycotting of his chess group by his players» parents, for instance, when it's discovered he's both mentally ill and sleeping on the steps of a local landmark — it amounts to a thoroughly convincing meltdown, replete with voices in the head, nervous agitation and a scampering along the edge of full - blown insanity.

Many courses, particularly those in areas of heavy rainfall, would be seriously scarred by a fleet of carts scampering along their fairways every day.

It was thought that the common ancestor of all primates scampered along thin tree branches.

These quantum forces are used by geckos as they effortlessly scamper along walls and ceilings.

The squirrel turns around, chitters what seems to be an apology, then scampers along.

Stroll along the boardwalk, drop a line into the river with the kids, watch the soldier crabs scamper along the mud flats when the tide is out, view the birdlife and enjoy the peace and serenity on offer.

Not exact matches

The «ground - up» theory holds that bird ancestors used their wings to «run flap» along the ground, making them faster and better able to scamper up steep inclines that got in their way.

If a squirrel, say, is running along the ground, then scampers straight up a tree, its internal two - dimensional map simply shifts from the horizontal plane to the vertical.

That's what you'd expect to see in a transition from moseying along on four legs to scampering on two, says Yuong - Nam Lee, a paleontologist at Seoul National University who first came across the slab back in 2004.

While things start out familiar enough with Dying Light, with the swing of a hatchet and the throw of a fist feeling eerily familiar to Dead Island fans, it isn't long before you are parkouring your way through the gorgeously rendered country of Turkey, running along walls, scampering over fences and lunging through windows with ease.