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

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

And when the waves and the winds smack at them, they spread their wings and skitter around and then they try to come back together again.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt