helter-skelter
Example Sentences
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Challambra Hill climb before the final helter-skelter dash to the finish.
From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026
The pitch was the catalyst for the helter-skelter action.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025
In the contemporary, helter-skelter sweep of Mexico City, there is one place — in the southern borough of Xochimilco — where a vision of a watery, pre-Columbian capital may still be imagined.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024
That helter-skelter transition threw much of the economics of entertainment out of whack.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023
Bones that lie helter-skelter on the grass, from which to tell our fortunes.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
