Example Sentences

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But what begins as amusing scattiness starts tipping towards something darker and sadder.

From The Guardian • Dec. 31, 2016

Porto claimed to have then spent most of the evening driving around on errands that, because of her scattiness, she failed to complete.

From The Guardian • Feb. 2, 2016