skittering

Example Sentences

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The striking “Porcelana,” about enduring pain for fleeting pleasure, has a woozy, dissonant arrangement that mixes woodwinds, shrieking strings, and skittering percussion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

Danny Ocean types need not apply, but if you hear skittering jazz music as the soundtrack of desperation, your new favorite comedy is here.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2025

I accidentally kick one sending it skittering across the floor, and causing a brief moment of excitement before I apologetically explain it was me and not a ghost.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2024

Witchdoctor, “A S.W.A.T. Healin’ Ritual,” a one-of-a-kind blend of Afrocentrism, voodoo imagery, unflinching street reality, off-kilter flows and skittering beats reminiscent of British drum-and-bass music.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2024

He put Seabiscuit into a long, lazy warm-up, sailing past his skittering rival and galloping off the wrong way around the track.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand