skitter

Example Sentences

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Robots skitter and whir around the 40-foot tall columns, which are part of a multi-step process that will ultimately convert the CO2 to concrete, rendering the planet-warming compound into nothing more harmful than a stone.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2024

A little fuel and some high-frequency sparking makes the robot skitter across the ground.

From Science Daily • Sep. 19, 2023

That helped jar the puck loose to skitter over to Kotkaniemi for the near-post putaway at 3:58.

From Washington Times • May 6, 2023

Arctic foxes skitter with the herky-jerky motion of silent movies.

From New York Times • May 19, 2022

The pitch of her voice sends a skitter of nerves through me.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton