fitfully

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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

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

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024

Mr. Kennedy has fitfully courted the nomination for months, as he undertakes the expensive and complex process of qualifying as an independent.

From New York Times • May 24, 2024

But in “Schindler’s List,” the Jews themselves seize the screen only fitfully.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2023

I could barely make out, or perhaps only sense, the forms of the boys, stirring fitfully but not yet awake: Dominick and James, six-year-old twins, huddled together for warmth on a pallet on the floor.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline