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

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

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

The wall on Kyle’s right swung open, revealing six swiveling sections, each pivoting panel maybe twenty feet long, all skittering sideways and gliding backward to create new walls and reconfigured pathways.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein