fitfully

Example Sentences

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Soldiers executed air assaults, simulated missile shots across islands, navigated gulches and slept fitfully under trees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

However, the revival of a dual playmaker shape that worked fitfully under Eddie Jones has potential weaknesses.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024

Inflation has been cooling, but only gradually and fitfully amid interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2024

I couldn’t tell you much about his film career, except that I vaguely recall the near-Afro he sported playing John McEnroe in a movie that I fitfully watched on an interminable flight.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2023

He had slept fitfully on the couch until finally, nudged awake by the household noises, he yawned and opened his eyes.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry