skittering
Example Sentences
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Unusually, her unique production style, full of skittering breakbeats and sugar strand melodies, is entirely self-taught.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
At first, “Dust Bunny” feels a little light, the story skittering across its densely designed surface, with very little dialogue in the first half.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
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
The skittering, chiming percussion boiled over into a stomp-around jam, hitting like a horns-blasting march down Beale Street.
From Seattle Times • May 3, 2024
Even farther in, the silence was broken by a cacophony of strange sounds—the skittering of rats; hissing steam; the hollow, recurring tap of pipes, like the desperate scratching of a premature burial.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
