helter-skelter
Example Sentences
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Challambra Hill climb before the final helter-skelter dash to the finish.
From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026
But the momentum of a helter-skelter contest swung yet again when Gus Atkinson and Brydon Carse added 50 from only 34 balls for the eighth wicket.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
It was a little more of a helter-skelter approach, but we somehow got through it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2025
England captain Ben Stokes checked India's progress after Harry Brook's breathtaking 99 on a helter-skelter third day of the first Test at Headingley.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2025
In a universe tilled with stars rushing helter-skelter in all directions, there was no place that was “at rest,” no framework from which to view the universe that was superior to any other framework.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.