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Example sentences for "skittered"

Lexicographically close words:
skirting; skirts; skis; skit; skits; skittering; skittish; skittle; skittles; skiver
  1. Talking in an aimless way, the youths a minute later ran along the hall, skittered down stairs and dashed out to the sheds at the rear of the hotel.

  2. A rail, as if fired from a modern siege gun, whizzed within a few inches of his head and skittered among the branches behind him.

  3. The loose stones skittered round his ankles and turned under his boot soles.

  4. Perk, more impetuous, bowled over a stout man who had come down the stairs dragging a trunk, that banged and skittered in a dangerous fashion.

  5. I skittered off toward the door to the stage, because that was the easiest direction.

  6. Little Frank skittered about, planting with desultory action such pumpkin seeds as he did not eat.


  7. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "skittered" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.