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

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

Lizards and roadrunners skitter across the museum floor.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2022

They gust down the slope of the roof, skitter across the parapets, stick flat in tidal eddies down on the beach.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr