Sentences with phrase «sent scurrying»

Seriously, this sent me scurrying around to see if I had jars and baskets to make mine pretty too.

I eagerly await every new missive from Monckton in eager anticipation of some obscure but germane word not previously in my vocabulary, and hence sent scurrying for a new browser window from which to divine its meaning.

Those who don't — or can't find a job at all — are sent scurrying to find affordable repayment programs that balance income, family size and the cost of living.

The excellence of Spider - Men has sent us scurrying over to check out the Ultimate Marvel Universe once again.

The Los Angeles Times reviewer described the Santerre family as «possibly the most engrossing American family since the Louds» - which sent me scurrying off to find out who the Louds were.

That comment sent me scurrying for the dictionary.

Like the plucky kids of Losers Club, you've defeated Pennywise the Clown and sent him scurrying back into the sewer as Kingsman: The Golden Circle ended It «s top - of - the box office reign over the weekend.

A rally in Brisbane recently by hundreds of angy farmers sent me scurrying to do some sums on the alternatives.

Your question sent my scurrying for my acronym translator; health and safety is a field littered with capital letters!

But just as everyone was scoffing their lamb burgers, sausages and salad, a rainstorm sent them scurrying back inside.

England international Sterling's next effort was rather more menacing and needed a vital touch from the fast - closing Jagielka to deflect over — after the forward was sent scurrying through the middle by Jesus» slick back heel.

In the midst of their devotions a thunderstorm struck and sent them scurrying for shelter to the lee side of a haystack.

The reference sent me scurrying back to Thomas Aquinas.

Any winter you can have it in your shirt sleeves, for, unlike Florida, there are no cold waves to send you scurrying for a topcoat.

As in the previous film, the discovery of one clue sends him scurrying after another, eventually driving him to seek out a concealed book whose location is known only to the country's highest governing official.

Parenti's project aims to study rehabilitation options for criminals ages 18 to 21, that is until Parenti interviews an actual 18 - year old in custody and encounters a level of menace that sends him scurrying from the room.

When I moused over the «Show Me the Money» link and the drop down menu showed, I didn't realize «Show Me the Money» was one of the clickable choices available, and I wondered the same thing as Michelle — which will now send me scurrying over to my own website to see if I've done the same thing there!

If you're going to invest in a Wi - Fi - equipped e-reader, the shopping procedure shouldn't send you scurrying for a USB cable to acquire paid content through Adobe Digital Editions desktop software.

Her poking paw would send it scurrying, giving her a good game (and possibly a good lunch).»

That said, if you want to let your cat lick the bottom of your empty dessert bowl, it shouldn't send you scurrying to the vet's office.

Beware bean binges, however; giving your dog too many beans can cause upset stomach, bloating, and gas bad enough to send you scurrying.

While these punishments may send her scurrying at first, they are unlikely to have a lasting effect on her meowing behavior.

Supermassive's game borrows intelligently from other games and films, as even the scares you might predict still threaten to send you scurrying behind the sofa.

Indeed, some critics find themselves unable to describe them without using the sort of multi-syllabic words that send me scurrying for a dictionary!

Attaching it to a nearby UPS unit would add very little overhead to our UPS needs but would make sure those little micro power outages that occur during high winds and summer storms won't send you scurrying to the data closet to reset the darn thing.

To keep animals away, carefully pick plants they're not interested in or use sprays that send them scurrying yet don't hurt the edibles, says landscape architect Clara C. Batchelor, principal of CBA Landscape Architects in Somerville, Mass..

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The tit - for - tat among the world's two largest economies sent global investors scurrying for cover.

While geopolitical uncertainty was a major focal point earlier this year — with several North Korean missile launches initially sending investor scurrying into safe - have assets — risk appetite has since improved, with markets looking instead to stronger economic growth globally.

China's clampdown on its crypto industry is sending miners scurrying for a new home.

The third quarter wasn't what sent investors scurrying, though.

Now, however, it seems investors are getting skittish, with the slightest hint of a change in pace sending many scurrying for the exit.

In the early days of his influence on literary studies, his theories proved particularly pernicious, sending scholars scurrying after phallic symbols and psychoanalyzing authors.

The failure of «the new morality» sends some of our contemporaries scurrying back into various and mostly desperate attempts to revive «the old morality.»

In the sixteenth century astronomy, in the seventeenth century microbiology, in the eighteenth geology and paleontology, in the nineteenth Darwin's biology all grotesquely extended the world - frame and sent churchmen scurrying for cover in ever smaller, shadowy nooks, little gloomy ambiguous caves in the psyche where even now neurology is cruelly harrying them, gouging them out of the multifolded brain like wood lice from under a lumber pile.

His ability to not only lie, but to lie convincingly, has been essential in Pat's self - ordained mission to organize millions of primarily sincere Americans into a political action organization that sends Republican «leaders» scurrying to please the powerful organization and its leaders.

It's such a godly number that no one since Maris had even come close to it, not close enough, anyway, to send 600 media members scurrying to chronicle every tic and blink of one man, as happened for McGwire last weekend.

Arkansaspunctuated the win with a 22 - yard field goal by Jeremy Davis with 3:53 left.That sent Auburn fans scurrying for the exits.

The discovery of the tainted chicken, which Illinois health officials say showed ammonia contamination levels as high as 133 times the acceptable level, sent state education officials scurrying to gather up 360 cases of chicken tenders sent to 49 public schools, including 11 in the Chicago area.

In fact, I noticed it started working immediately because Baby Diva started playing with the mouse, sending my cursor scurrying all over the screen.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito says the popular outrage that has sent longtime parade sponsors scurrying in horror is being «orchestrated» by «an ultra right - wing» element that favors Puerto Rican statehood over independence.

The news sent hordes of smooth - pated men scurrying to fast - food joints to...

The bull market of the century sent venture capitalists scurrying around for upstart companies that could build cheap rockets.

Earlier this year, the Heartbleed bug sent people scurrying to change passwords across a huge swathe of the internet.

But the antenna's detection of the first FRB — and the subsequent confirmed discovery of nearly two dozen more powerful radio pulses across the sky by Parkes and other radio telsescopes — has sent astrophysicists scurrying to find more of the objects and to explain them.

Yes, send her up,» I said before scurrying to make my bed and change the channel.

That's enough to send Shari scurrying into Ed's all - too - willing arms.

And that's not even considering the ever - present pressure to rake it in at the box office, lest anything less than a $ 1 billion haul over its theatrical run send studio executives scurrying for another Spider - Man reboot or swearing off anything that doesn't star a blond white guy.

Hiring a fleet of demolition vehicles straight out of Mad Max, the city leader and his mechanical invasion send the creatures scurrying to find cover and create a plan to take their homeland back.

The question was one that would have sent many white politicians scurrying for cover.

Schools may get to serve federally supplied irradiated meat to students, under a policy shift that was in the works before a listeria outbreak sent cafeteria workers scurrying to clean out their refrigerators last month.