skitter
Example Sentences
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A little fuel and some high-frequency sparking makes the robot skitter across the ground.
From Science Daily • Sep. 19, 2023
Smaller than a mouse and about the weight of three pennies in the hand, the Dorset bats skitter across the cave walls or cling to one another for warmth.
From Seattle Times • May 11, 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
Moreover, these volcanic leftovers rise from the big, empty, underappreciated middle of California, where farms, ranches and vineyards blanket the valleys and hills, where tumbleweeds skitter and scraggly old oaks stand beside sagging barns.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2022
I watched falling leaves skitter over the watery surface, which gurgled as it tumbled over the rocks.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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Of Mice and Men
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