skittered

past tense of skitter

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of skittered Bats were flipped, benches cleared, Toronto’s manager was ejected and throws skittered around PNC Park. Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025 Rumors of a Satanic curse on the event skittered around the Haight, so early on the morning of the 14th, Ginsberg, Snyder, and Alan Watts conducted a pradakshina, a Buddhist purification rite. Dennis McNally, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skittered
Verb
  • The eye midge may have implanted itself elsewhere and there’s no telling where those other icky creatures from Prodigy’s labs have scurried off to, but those are questions that will no doubt be answered once/if FX announces a second season.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
  • In the planning stages of the two-part Viking mission, which landed spacecraft on Mars in the mid-seventies, Sagan argued that the probes should include lights and cameras, in case creatures scurried past.
    David W. Brown, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Renda darted in for a 6-yard TD run, keyed by a 42-yard Parker Harris punt return to the Keller 40.
    Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Oct. 2025
  • On another stretch of forest floor, a tiny mabuya skink darted after the red beam of Ratsimanadino laser pointer.
    Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Union Jack bunting fluttered overhead.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Concertgoers fluttered around the building, staying away from the barricaded stairs leading up to the upstairs balcony, which is inaccessible.
    Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There, Black Charlotteans danced and listened to live performances from the likes of Nat King Cole and Louis Armstrong.
    Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025
  • In front of the West Stand press box, fans sang and danced together to Spirit of the Blues and Singing the Blues — the latter a reference to rivals Liverpool’s defeat to Chelsea on Saturday.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Her eyes flitted over the sign with the three green leaves.
    Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Aronofsky has, since the grittiness of Pi and Requiem for a Dream, flitted with alacrity from genre to genre, trying his hand at biblical epics (Noah) and claustrophobic dramas (The Whale).
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025

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“Skittered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skittered. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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