How to Use scud in a Sentence

scud

1 of 2 verb
  • Clouds scudded across the sky.
  • The boat scuds out across the Gulf and veers west toward the horizon.
    — Matthew Shaer, New Republic, 5 Oct. 2017
  • The sky was a dazzling blue, with fluffy white clouds scudding overhead.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 31 May 2017
  • Just as the lights went down for the second performance, dark clouds scudded across the moon that shone on the theater.
    — Terry Teachout, WSJ, 27 July 2018
  • Galvis scudded his throw in front of first baseman Eric Hosmer, who could not catch it.
    — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 12 July 2018
  • Thick gray clouds scudded overhead, dumping flakes and dusting everything with a fresh coat of powder.
    — Michael Charboneau, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The movement of cloud silhouettes scudding across the floor of a distant valley tracks the cumulus shapes racing across the dome of sky.
    — Guy Trebay, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2018
  • An armada of steely clouds with coal-black hulls was scudding between the rims, while a wash of pale pigments played across the canyon walls in a way that was entirely unfamiliar to me.
    — New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • There was something about that combination of granite peaks, scudding clouds, and the ebb and flow of the Atlantic tides that has remained in my memory forever.
    — Town & Country, 2 Apr. 2015
  • The military crackdown has continued unabated since then, black smoke scudding across the skyline visible in southern Bangladesh even this past week.
    — Annie Gowen, chicagotribune.com, 17 Sep. 2017
  • The ship’s days could be relatively routine for long stretches, but extreme vigilance was required while watching the distant horizon where the sky met the sea under the low, gray, scudding clouds.
    — James G. Stavridis, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2020
  • In downtown Tampa early Thursday, fierce winds tore down traffic lights, ripped signs out of the ground, and sent construction barricades scudding across the wet pavement.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Clouds were scudding across a September sky, and there was a briskness to the pine-scented air in Forte dei Marmi, a chic resort town on the Tuscan coast.
    — Rebecca Rose, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2026
  • The volume is remarkably slender for one of such drama and scope — beautifully written, Worth’s words scudding easily and gracefully across the pages.
    — Kenneth M. Pollack, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2016

scud

2 of 2 noun
  • Near the dam, drifting brown and gray scuds has been productive as well as white jigs.
    — Tyler Mahoney, kansascity, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Also, #14 gray scuds in and out of the trophy area are working.
    — Tyler Mahoney special To The Star, kansascity, 16 May 2018
  • The riverbottom is home to huge numbers of scuds and larvae from midges, caddis, stones, and mayflies.
    — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Fly fishing has been good using scuds, egg flies and shad flies under an indicator.
    — Tyler Mahoney special To The Star, kansascity, 23 May 2018
  • Fly fishing below the dam on #16 and #18 scuds has been productive.
    — Tyler Mahoney, kansascity, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Scud, a sort of freshwater shrimp, are also heavily utilized.
    — John Schandelmeier, Alaska Dispatch News, 23 July 2017
  • Decent numbers have been caught on gray scuds under a float, but stripping a sculpin pine squirrel in the Narrows area was the best.
    — Tyler Mahoney special To The Star, kansascity, 28 Mar. 2018
  • There have been rainbow trout in the 20 to 24 inch range being caught at both ramps on scud, chironomid, and egg patterns.
    — Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post, 2 May 2017
  • About 15 years ago, a shipload of scud missiles from North Korea heading to Yemen was captured.
    — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • The latter was identified by Corriere as a scud — a white miniature pond resident that resembled a shrimp.
    — Sue Ellen Ross, Post-Tribune, 13 July 2018
  • The pilot with the plane low on gas followed me right through the hole over Shastina, ducked under the scud and landed two miles away, at Weed Airport.
    — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 June 2020
  • As water temperatures plunge and ice covers the surface, the bluegill buffet shifts to bloodworms, freshwater shrimp and scuds, and even tiny zooplankton.
    — Outdoor Life, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Spinney Reservoir There have been rainbow trout in the 20- to 24-inch range being caught at both ramps on scud, chironomid, and egg patterns.
    — Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post, 7 May 2017

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