Example Sentences

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"It could make Pyongyang act less skittishly in crises," he said.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2023

Those of us who went to work in person, did so skittishly, with concern often and amidst risk.

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2021

I sat tight, but the driver began skittishly speaking in Dari to a soldier outside his window.

From Slate • May 6, 2016

We stand there in the warm twilight for two or three minutes, skittishly awaiting Act I, Scene 1 of “King Lear.”

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2014

The increasing breeze, blowing against the ocean current, kicked up a lively chop, on which the dory danced skittishly.

From Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good by Tolman, Albert Walter