fitful
Example Sentences
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A summer sky appears “fitful and whimsical in a brisk north breeze.”
Just weeks ago, a solid January jobs report had raised hopes that the labor market was finding its footing after months of fitful hiring.
As she answered his questions, the “small, magnetic … negligently dressed” former celebrity paced the room, buried her face in her hands, and played “fitful floods of wild and incoherent melody” on a piano.
From Literature
No other Victorian poet could have brought off such a fitful and obsessive work; no one else could have sustained such music and emotion for more than 100 pages.
On the morning of a school field trip, Danny woke from a fitful dream.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
