fitfully

Example Sentences

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Soldiers executed air assaults, simulated missile shots across islands, navigated gulches and slept fitfully under trees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

Whatever else you can say about television, it does tend to keep moving, however fitfully, into the light.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025

However, the revival of a dual playmaker shape that worked fitfully under Eddie Jones has potential weaknesses.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024

The case had unfolded fitfully over more than a decade.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2023

That night, Klaus was the Baudelaire orphan sleeping fitfully in the bed, and Violet was the Baudelaire orphan staying up, working by the light of the moon.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket