skitter

Example Sentences

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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

That helped jar the puck loose to skitter over to Kotkaniemi for the near-post putaway at 3:58.

From Washington Times • May 6, 2023

Moreover, these volcanic leftovers rise from the big, empty, underappreciated middle of California, where farms, ranches and vineyards blanket the valleys and hills, where tumbleweeds skitter and scraggly old oaks stand beside sagging barns.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2022

Once the fans would descend, I’d skitter off to the sidelines.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman