How to Use fitful in a Sentence

fitful

adjective

• He had a few fitful hours of sleep.
• Several fitful attempts at negotiation have failed.
• The third-round pick has had a fitful start to his Ravens career.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 29 Oct. 2021
• He got used to a few hours of fitful sleep each night, the 63-year-old said Friday.
  — Robin Erb, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2021
• The stakes seem to increase with every fitful change of heart.
  — Ronald Radosh, The New Republic, 5 May 2021
• There were fitful signs that Democrats were trying to turn the page on Friday.
  — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2024
• For many decades, the advance of gay rights in America was slow and fitful.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 24 May 2021
• The pace of change here is fitful, and that has not changed during this pandemic.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2021
• The next morning, after a few hours of fitful, fretful sleep, the women went through the events again.
  — New York Times, 7 Dec. 2021
• The ping of a voicemail message woke Meyers from a fitful sleep.
  — Jeffrey E. Stern, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2021
• That went missing much of last year in the midst of a fitful pandemic season.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2021
• In Silicon Valley, the tech dreams of many are now fitful.
  — Jon Swartz, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2017
• The result was a fitful flightpath that varied depending on the ball's spin rate and the speed at which it was kicked.
  — Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 15 June 2018
• North Korea is on the cusp of the largest step yet in its budding, fitful engagement with the outside world.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2017
• That night at the bus stop, Fong collapsed into a fitful sleep, his heart strained by the punishing heat of summer in the desert.
  — Fernanda Santos, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2020
• In Hopkinsville, Kentucky, high winds and heavy rains gave Sherry Key a fitful night's sleep.
  — Jeffrey S. Collins, Fox News, 1 June 2018
• The fitful nature of the post-pandemic climb could be seen from Israel to India.
  — Arkansas Online, 3 July 2022
• Retail sales have proven fitful, recovering and ebbing with waves of the virus.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2021
• Does a character need to have fitful visions of the future after a snakebite?
  — Abhrajyoti Chakraborty, The New Republic, 8 Oct. 2019
• The angel who had appeared to him in his fitful dreams had, unbeknownst to him, never left his side.
  — Joshua Hammer, GQ, 26 July 2017
• Old Faithful starts with a fitful series of hiccups, then shoots water up to 180 feet high.
  — Alex Pulaski, Washington Post, 2 July 2020
• The Las Vegas Strip has had a fitful relationship with fine art.
  — Kelly Crow, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2021
• Now, with the U.S. economy still in the grip of the outbreak five months later, the recovery looks fitful and uneven — and painfully slow.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Aug. 2020
• Walking outside in downtown D.C. after the news was out was like waking up from a fitful sleep.
  — Charlotte Clymer, Glamour, 9 Nov. 2020
• The Army Corps of Engineers has been leading a fitful process to investigate the pollution and clean up the site since 1998.
  — oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2022
• But first, there were emotional goodbyes with Hurricanes players, a fitful night of sleep and a choice that changed his life.
  — Andrew Greif, OregonLive.com, 2 Nov. 2017
• At 4 a.m. after a fitful sleep, Becky woke up and took David’s temperature.
  — Sandra G. Boodman, sacbee.com, 19 June 2017
• The fitful rollout of 5G will provide the necessary bandwidth.
  — Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022
• At 3:30 in the morning, after a fitful nap that never entered deep sleep, Glennie awoke to the sight of one of the little men on the other side of her bedroom window.
  — Maria Carter, Country Living, 21 July 2017
• The debate performance has been searing, and his recovery has been fitful.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 6 July 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024