skitter

Example Sentences

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I was imagining concrete floors and mice skittering about, but the sofa bed is unfolded and covered with a thick quilt.

From Literature

She yelped as black liquid oozed from the open wound and a hairy white spider crept out and skittered away.

From Literature

On the night of May 17, many people driving along roads saw animals skitter out and wildly dart back into the forest.

From Literature

A prickle of apprehension skitters up the back of my neck.

From Literature

Siphonophores -- largely translucent creatures in fanciful shapes resembling toddlers' drawings -- glowed as they drifted by, and silver, fingernail-sized fish skittered out of the sub's wake.

From Barron's