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
On a short summer night, listen and you might hear a war whoop skitter out of the darkness along the riverbanks, followed by the scattering yips of coyotes on Mount Sentinel.
From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2023
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
A breeze stirred and kicked up dried leaves, making them skitter across the sidewalk in front of us.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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