Even the rats flee from them, and the few healthy humans face a Hobbesian battle for survival.

He stumbled through the broken door and rats fled as he entered.

The house is such a ruin that the rats have fled, and there is not one left.

Other rats could flee if they wanted, but if any took to cover and tried to return the fire, it would be a different story.

The rats immediately recovered their bearings and fled for the nearest brush.

Huge rats squeaked and fled as they went through the stone corridors beneath the streets.

The others joined her and the surviving rats fled into the desert.

They were quiet, but rats and pigeons fled from their path.

A rat fled from their footsteps, pursued by a single wan firefly.

A rat fled, dropping the object of its curiosity.