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
A little fuel and some high-frequency sparking makes the robot skitter across the ground.
From Science Daily • Sep. 19, 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
Lizards and roadrunners skitter across the museum floor.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2022
The tree’s dry needles skitter in the hot breeze across the desert like a flock of birds.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
Vocabulary lists containing skitter
Of Mice and Men
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myPerspectives 6.2
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Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
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