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1. They heard the crackle of a broken stick, and then the skitter of a rock tumbling down the slope
2. See the black material skitter across the street
3. Reese dodged further to the right, letting the sword skitter down his own sword’s length, whipping the tip around to spin toward Jack’s ear
4. A young boy around ten years old followed her out then sat on the porch with his head glumly lowered as he watched the ants skitter about at his feet
5. The rats in the walls squeaked loud enough to my ears that I thought it deafening and when a brash pair appeared out of a crack in the wall to skitter past my feet, I lunged so swiftly that I caught both
6. remaining pebble Jo threw ahead of her and heard it skitter
7. He slapped the surface with the flat of his sword a couple of times causing the bugs to skitter away from the turmoil
8. There is not a rough within the diamonds within the sky, as between the trees they skitter back and forth removing any and all debris that can be seen
9. Isabel lunged for her, throwing her to the ground and causing the staff to skitter away
10. At times it would skitter ahead, scan something of interest, then wait for Erin to catch up
11. I heard the skitter of feet towards me from behind and I reacted by kicking out with both of my feet
12. As it moves into the room, a few of the roaches skitter off
13. Bits of stone skitter across the cobbles
14. And he trusts you to be ready, at the first sign of cops, to skitter off into the darkness, letting loose your war-whoop
15. There was a skitter on my leg
16. It was coming from inside the elevator shaft, a skitter of something smooth and steel against the wall, moving irregularly
1. Small ripples on the lake brought warm sensations as they skittered across them
2. The bottle spun off the tray and skittered across the floor of my cell, coming to rest against the back wall by the slops bucket
3. Even as the thought skittered through my feeble mind, even though I instinctively understood that having fresh clothes meant investment in my life as a hostage by my captors, still I relished the simple aromas of washed cotton
4. Without warning, something skittered in the undergrowth nearby, making him jump horribly, swinging the torch about in a desperate attempt to see what it was
5. His hooves were never still; they skittered with excitement
6. Before long they could sense Mercer’s bitter glance and they skittered into the shadows
7. Other than Joseph and me, the only movement seemed to be insects as they skittered across the tawny earth to vanish into small patches of dried grass
8. Light feathery clouds skittered across the sky obscuring the sun, then uncovering it rapidly
9. Maldynado skittered aside, but not before Sicarius tapped him on the ribs with his saber
10. She skittered back and bumped into the wall
11. A large boulder skittered past, followed by stray bits of the main curtain wall doors
12. The gun skittered across the hardwood floor, fetching up against the wall next to the open lounge door
13. Ka-boom! Ka-boom! He blasted away with his pump-action shotgun, but it skittered away into the bushes
14. The backdrop of blue sky and white clouds skittered by, around and around some more; and we were climbing again
15. His gun skittered across the deck
16. His ears picked up the soft brush of the wind on the barren, tree-studded hillside, and a small, brightly-coloured piece of empty packaging skittered past him in erratic circles
17. The scribe’s gaze skittered sideways from this vision of horror and found the same story in the other soldiers also
18. The scribe’s memory skittered over the evil he had done to the man; if the blacksmith still lived, then Simon knew the artisan would not be kind in his judgement
19. Simon’s heart skittered over the Lone Man
20. He flicked his driver's license onto the table and it skittered off the edge
21. Bryony skittered to a halt as Boglehob swung round, the edge of the scythe blade coming to a rest against the tip of her snout
22. Their son, young Bifford , scrambled like a rat into an alley and skittered behind the false safety of a trash can
23. Spirits of the dead skittered across the hil s,
24. The Arachnoids bowed in farewell and skittered over the red hills to their Hive
25. It skittered backwards and bolted away from the Wall
26. “Aye, sir Blackfin,” both said and skittered out of the room
27. A few skittered between my condorla’s feet and she snagged them with her beak swallowing them in two bites
28. They skittered along the passageways with security on their heels into the waiting arms of the Marines who efficiently tossed them into the ship
29. Fishmael's jolly boat, tiny in comparison to the house-sized fish, skittered across the waves as she tried to propel herself away, the rope from the harpoon pinging as it took the strain
30. A nyala skittered
31. The buck skittered and pronked off as he approached
32. Both of its arms broke off and skittered along the floor
33. The horse skittered away from the truck, but Ferdy Chicken was solid on his mount
34. ” He winked, pulled out his imaginary finger gun, accompanied with that swell-guy teeth clicking thing, and then he skittered down the corridor
35. Vinny donned his favorite jacket and skittered out the door
36. When he was finished he skittered out to the
37. She felt his breath on her skin and tingles of desire skittered upwards between her thighs causing her to take a sharp breath in
38. who skittered around the lift
39. Schmuff skittered over to a corner and held his arms in front of his face in a protective manner
40. A loose cobblestone skittered to the line of mages
41. She skittered backward toward the doorway
42. Diego’s horse skittered between sparse foliage and blazed their trail along a windswept ridgeline
43. Without breaking their embrace, they skittered backward
44. Nicole sighed and watched as a pebble she kicked skittered ahead of her down the wide
45. Shoals of small fry swarmed around the hulk and as Wan Lung approached he could see that some skittered urgently through the water inside the vehicle as well, having swum in through the windows that were open, or at least those he could see that were not closed
46. She’d been watching me, but her eyes skittered away
47. The two-headed lemur creature gave him another two winks and skittered off into the forest
48. Wildlife skittered about, so too Fliryns in the
49. Making his way over, the Fife skittered between carcasses, stopping just short of the
50. When they arrived at a visitor center on the border, two yellow and orange maple leaves skittered over and invited Elena to be in a photograph with them
1. As she did so, she caught a skittering form out of the corner of her eye
2. ” He took a deep breath and looked around at our home, the vegetables and flowers I"d planted, the birds skittering in and out of the branches of the tree that was here long before either of us was born
3. But when its snout faced directly towards us, there was heard a skittering noise
4. Chandio fell forward onto his face, his flick-knife skittering across the floor
5. I saw the shadow there, but over it was a hunger that sent my pulse skittering out of control
6. Skittering away from her, he stared at the cane and raven before hugging his arms to himself, as if trying to contain his fear
7. I listened and didn’t hear the tiny skittering of their bodies in the walls or under the floor
8. The long digit that entered him brushed a place within him that sent starlight skittering across his vision, pleasure searing through him, making his body arch as feeling that was both foreign and remembered seized him
9. immediately, the animals were roused from their sleep, and were animated into a raucous bouncing chorus of yelps and yips and yaps and the skittering of claws upon the boards of their kennel
10. There were white sailed yachts skittering across the ruffled waters on the brisk breeze nearer the shore, while, on the other side of the launch, further out, a small float plane left a creamy wake as it took off from the watery runway, marked out with orange buoys
11. The wind blew directly into their faces now, gusting unchecked up the long road and sending a stream of dead leaves skittering around their feet
12. “Yeah, so, basically this thing's digestive system is just an intricate series of time travelling worm holes and the like that’ll send whole solar systems shootin’ diagonally, sideways, arching, skittering, riveting and spiraling through time and space
13. The pitcher crashed to the floor and shattered, spilling tea everywhere and sending shards of glass skittering across the floor
14. No Arkenian wings and no skittering gritich
15. There were constant sounds of skittering ahead and behind and all around, and when he could see just a little from the faint light of a side grating he could make out the forms scrambling through their domain-by-possession
16. And, somewhere out in the street at the front of the house, a metal bucket went skittering along the paved surface
17. “So, go ahead,” she offered as nonchalantly as she could manage, her gaze skittering away at last
18. Her eyes were wide and uncertain and despite her obvious effort to look calm and collected, the anxious fluttering of her hands and the way her gaze kept skittering away from him told him differently
19. “ Clutch the skittering ghosts that invade your nightmares on a
20. The green man was skittering toward us on the ground, unharmed
21. Trees flying by, woodpeckers hammering in the distance, landlocked birds scattering when the girls ran forth and a few choice deer skittering along the bushes—quite realistically, it could be seen as magical: as a thing and place and time and moment in which nature became one with the real world and that little girls, who could not possibly be animals, could grow fangs and teeth and horns
22. Arrows whistled over her head constantly while black and red magical bolts crashed into the stone around her, sending pieces of rock skittering across the roof
23. The puck drops and takes a funny bounce, skittering towards the Dunn
24. sending the kitty, the small ball skittering into the gutter, thus killing the end so as to cause
25. My chest heaving, my emotions skittering about, I move to the window closest to the front door and look inside
26. Hauptmann’s hounds bound through frozen fields beside the school, drops of quicksilver skittering through the white
27. Sand fleas skittering around her knees
28. The silent footage makes the clockwork movements of players skittering across the stage seem all the more comical and ridiculous, given the supposedly riotous circumstances
29. Somewhat less pronounced were his skills as a wrestler, and so when he caught hold of an arm, sending the implement skittering across the floor, it was all he could do to keep the kid from going for it
30. I heard the skittering of small feet, heard the clicks of insects
31. I closed my eyes again and started to doze off, but suddenly my subconscious flooded with writhing snakes and skittering spiders
32. The ends touched the glass with a skittering noise as he turned it around in his hands
33. An unnatural wind cuts through the previously still air, rustling through the trees and skittering a soda can across the cement
34. There was: a series of shouts and then a huge banging crash as the music box, in the dark, rocketed down the hill, skittering on the steps, playing chords where it hit, swerving, rushing, and ahead of it, running, the two shapes pursued by the musical beast, yelling, tripping, shouting, warning the Fates, crying out to the gods, down and down, forty, sixty, eighty, one hundred steps
35. But Old Lady, skittering quick as a gingham lizard, cornered him in a dead end, and Charlie holed up in this old hermit’s cabin and wouldn’t come out, no matter how she whammed door, window, or knothole with amber-colored fist or trounced her ritual fires, explaining to him that he was certainly her son now, all right
36. And as he looked in, there was a skittering on the floor and a family of mice faded in under the straw
37. They were silent, and gradually the skittering life of the ground, of holes and burrows, of the brush, began again; the gophers moved, and the rabbits crept to green things, the mice scampered over clods, and the winged hunters moved soundlessly overhead
38. Jody took hold of the halter leather itself and started up the hill toward the ridge ranch with Nellie skittering and jerking behind him
1. His glance slides to the Lost One and then just as quickly skitters away
2. His heart skitters in his chest and his throat turns dry
3. skitters to a stop within inches of my face
4. Sound skitters and reverberates, and unless one is a highly skilled hunter, it’s difficult to secure the target in one’s crosshairs by noise alone
5. The fourth stone explodes from the blur of motion, skitters across the floor, sliding toward that fourth corner, sliding …
6. Anybody can git the skitters