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
• The past year has been tough for the Bay Area, as thousands of layoffs skittered across the region.
  — Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
• 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
• Ward put the Kings back ahead early in the second, banking in a skittering shot off the far post for his first goal of the season.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
• Surprisingly, there are plenty of birds soaring, skittering, and swooping in the air at this time of year.
  — Kier Holmes, Martha Stewart, 18 Jan. 2026
• My nights were filled with the thumping of someone else’s dirty clothes and the feeling of something skittering across my leg.
  — Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
• Somewhere in the distance, animals skitter and howl, unseen but heard.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026
• But Pastrnak had already headed up ice and the puck skittered into no-man’s land.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 24 Dec. 2025
• No one loves to see dust bunnies skittering across the floor.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2025