skittering
Example Sentences
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On the small vessel’s deck, a pair of traps containing skittering crustaceans had just been heaved aboard from 25 feet below the water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Unusually, her unique production style, full of skittering breakbeats and sugar strand melodies, is entirely self-taught.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
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
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
Rishi sighed and kicked a small rock in his path, sending it skittering off into the night.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
