skittering
Example Sentences
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Djrum, the project of British musician Felix Manuel, issued “Under Tangled Silence,” an icily pretty record that combined jazzy and neoclassical piano flourishes with fleet and skittering drum programming borrowed from ’90s styles like jungle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
Danny Ocean types need not apply, but if you hear skittering jazz music as the soundtrack of desperation, your new favorite comedy is here.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2025
His debut album, Bad With Names, was released last year, showcasing his ability to edit improvised jam sessions into taut and compelling songs, full of skittering beats, squelchy synths and monstrous riffs.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2024
The skittering, chiming percussion boiled over into a stomp-around jam, hitting like a horns-blasting march down Beale Street.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
I was looking up at a little white cloud skittering across the sky when all at once someone tramped down hard on my right foot.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
