Alfred made a pathetic attempt to stand, scrabbling backward up a convenient boulder.

Which is when she dropped to her belly and scrabbled backward.

I scrabbled backward, my bare feet squeaking against the circle of tile.

His heart vibrating from the shock, the snakehead scrabbled backward, his lucky gun up, as he looked for a target.

He scrabbled backward on hands and knees.

Eric ran forward to help the girl up, but she scrabbled backward on hands and knees, whimpering.

Grizz scrabbled backward, one hand up to ward off a thrust.

My feet slammed to the floor and I scrabbled backward to relieve the pressure on my upper limbs.

Gilly scrabbled backward across the hard dirt floor.

She scrabbled backward, clawing at the mud with her hands, the rucksack slicing a path in the ground.