How to Use skitter in a Sentence

skitter

verb

• Mice skittered across the floor.
• Dry leaves skittered over the sidewalk.
• But if skittered out of bounds, allowing the Chiefs to keep the ball.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 3 Feb. 2020
• An ammo clip for the rifle skittered across the floor, a kid told me.
  — Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 20 May 2018
• You’re rag-dolling around the cockpit while your plane skitters across the runway.
  — Wired, 13 Nov. 2019
• But if the metal is hot, the droplets will skitter around like deranged dancers.
  — Sophie Bushwick, Discover Magazine, 25 July 2012
• Garbage skittered along an esplanade that smelled of sewage.
  — Elisabeth Egan, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
• Jon stayed focused, though, and noticed the line had broken at the reel—and that the loose end was skittering across the ice.
  — Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 26 Jan. 2024
• Larger-than life bugs seem to be caught in the act of skittering across a canvas.
  — Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, 25 Apr. 2017
• Larger-than life bugs seem to be caught in the act of skittering across a canvas.
  — Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, 25 Apr. 2017
• So why are prices so high, if there are more crabs skittering around the bottom of the Bay than at any time since 2012?
  — Washington Post, 26 July 2019
• Ahead of me, five more disembodied beams skittered across the snow, each emitting from the skiers ahead of me.
  — Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2023
• The puck bounced of Fleury’s left skate and skittered behind his left leg, but Nate Schmidt came back to keep the puck out of the net and preserve Vegas’ lead.
  — Tim Hackett, SI.com, 18 May 2018
• The Habs nearly went up two goals on that power play, when net-front man Gallagher tipped a point shot, but the puck skittered wide of the post.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2019
• Wind gusts sent balls skittering across the mud surfaces.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2019
• But soon after, the bison turned around and ran toward Reinke, who skittered away.
  — Elizabeth Zwirz, Fox News, 23 Aug. 2018
• Talking to him can feel like skittering around a galaxy of Wikipedia wormholes (in a good way).
  — Rachel Connolly, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2023
• Rolling in and out of corners, scuffing and skittering on the summer sport tires, the big car’s body motions are well damped and dead steady.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2018
• Normally this kind of thing would startle me, if not send me skittering across the street.
  — Jessie Sholl, The Cut, 14 May 2018
• Mice skittered across a bygone minecart track below my feet.
  — Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2019
• There was Alex Tuch during the second shift of Game 4, sending a no-look pass that skittered through traffic and met iron.
  — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 5 June 2018
• You will be surrounded by bay laurel and sage, and may see lizards skittering on the ground and hawks circling above.
  — Charles Fleming, latimes.com, 12 July 2019
• LaVine did his best to salvage the play, attempting to tap the ball back toward DeRozan, but the ball ended up skittering out of bounds.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
• The German shepherd next door has been pacing back and forth every night since, nails skittering across the floor.
  — Emily Dreyfuss, WIRED, 3 July 2018
• At Black Cat Farm, Skokan recently sat on the patio as chickens skittered around, roosters crowed and dogs stretched out on the dirt.
  — Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2019
• Animals live their lives, skittering about in search of food.
  — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 29 Aug. 2018
• While the church bells chimed their four o’clock hymn, the monster-man would fly in a loping, wonky way, lunging and leaping and skittering across the ice toward Bill’s heels.
  — Lauren Groff, The New York Review of Books, 18 Feb. 2020
• Race veterinarian Tabitha Jones, a few cars behind, skittered on foot across the icy highway to check the dogs.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2018
• Just take it from Beck, who surprised fans in June 2015 with amorous new song Dreams, a euphoric blast of skittering drums and disco-funk guitars.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2017
• Its intoxicating blend of sinewy R&B, skittering rock and heady psychedelia should be enhanced on an outdoor concert stage under the stars.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024