How to Use scoot in a Sentence
scoot
verb
- He scooted closer to the table.
- She scooted her chair back a few inches.
- She talked to us for a few minutes before scooting off to some appointment.
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Looks like snow will scoot out of here on the fast side.
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Ian Livingston,
Washington Post,
25 Feb. 2023
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The door swung open and a man jumped in, forcing me to scoot over on the back seat.
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John Kelly,
Washington Post,
29 Oct. 2017
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The doe keeps turning and scooting away and shakes two of the fawns.
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Katie Hill,
Outdoor Life,
3 Aug. 2023
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That's enough shove to scoot this brick to 62 mph in 4.5 seconds.
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Caleb Miller,
Car and Driver,
5 Nov. 2022
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Get too aggressive with the chip, and the ball will scoot to the other side of the green.
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Nancy Armour,
USA TODAY,
6 Apr. 2018
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Remove the baking sheet from the oven, and scoot the pumpkin pieces to one side of the sheet.
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Stefene Russell,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
14 Nov. 2022
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Fesmire scooted to the front of the board, while Rubinstein got on the back.
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Erika I. Ritchie,
Orange County Register,
1 Apr. 2017
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In one child’s room, a CB2 sofa scoots up to a Blu Dot bed.
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Hannah Martin,
Architectural Digest,
2 July 2024
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Hence the name Scooter, who scoots her way through life.
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Matt Campbell,
kansascity,
24 Apr. 2018
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To scoot past the summer swarms on Trail Ridge Road, head south or west.
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Emily Pennington,
Outside Online,
23 June 2022
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Carefully lift the edges of the dough and scoot the dough into the bottom corners of the dish.
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SI.com,
29 Jan. 2018
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You will be asked to scoot your buttocks down to the very edge of the exam table.
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Elizabeth Boskey,
Verywell Health,
27 June 2023
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Place some chairs around this circle, sit in them, scoot them out.
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Jennifer Adams,
Philly.com,
20 Feb. 2018
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Zoom around the courtyard (or scoot along the edge, holding onto the rail—hey!
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Caroline Hallemann,
Town & Country,
29 Sep. 2017
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Others may want to scoot their boots to the tunes played by DJ Paul Andrews.
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Faye Reeder,
star-telegram,
9 Sep. 2017
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But scooter-ers haven’t always scooted on the right side of the law.
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Aarian Marshall,
WIRED,
4 Apr. 2018
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Then, scoot the coals to one side, leaving the other side empty.
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Washington Post,
11 June 2021
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Elordi slides down the stairs on his side, crawls down the steps, and at one point, scoots down the small flight of stairs step by step.
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USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2024
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Two other kid scoot away from the home out of the camera's vision.
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Madeleine Marr,
miamiherald,
6 Apr. 2018
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But then the doors opened, and Petit scooted out into the fresh air.
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Bob Morris,
The New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2024
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My’onna could no longer scoot down waterslides or kick her feet in the pool.
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Washington Post,
27 Sep. 2021
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But Harper stole second on the third strike and Quinn scooted home on the throw.
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Rob Maaddi,
sun-sentinel.com,
22 June 2019
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And this pup scooted right up next to the TV for his performance.
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Kelly O'Sullivan,
Country Living,
21 Mar. 2020
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That maybe most of its rain would fall Saturday night and scoot away.
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Jason Samenow,
Washington Post,
7 June 2018
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They have only been asked to scoot over so others can pull up a seat.
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Michael Harriot,
The Root,
4 Aug. 2017
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The protesters competed with a man scooting through the crowd, blasting West Coast rap, as well as the pedestrians and tourists of Hollywood.
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Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2024
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What is the evidence, for example, that scooting to the right on immigration will bring in those undecided voters?
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Jay Caspian Kang,
The New Yorker,
20 Sep. 2024
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