Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for skittery
Adjective
  • Neurons and glial cells are like dance partners in the brain, coordinating moves that shape how signals flow and how excitable neurons become.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Tony has fully bought into the dream, and Skarsgård plays him with excitable, boyish humor, almost as if the whole thing were a game.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Against Świątek, in two nervous moments, one of them on match point, net cords had given her safe harbor.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The district’s disparate parts would be connected largely by two-lane highways cutting through steep slopes of places such as the Modoc National Forest, where nervous drivers must beware of a lack of guardrails.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Skittery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skittery. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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