| In a clearing past a grove of olive trees, a snowy white lamb stands skittishly behind its grazing mother. |
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| Cassandra jumped skittishly as the door banged shut, suddenly dampening the sound of Randy's squabbling parents, leaving her in silence. |
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| I was also delighted by the way that Anna of Little Red Boat skittishly bent the concept towards her own ends. |
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| But most Democrats who are on the ballot in competitive races this year skittishly avoid such stark imagery. |
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| He threw a pine cone at a squirrel, who ran away skittishly up a tree. |
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| Then he skittishly ducked beneath the counter so that when the barista had turned round from the coffee machine she would be greeted with the sight of no-one calling to her. |
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| They are about style, while skittishly refusing to vote for one style or another. |
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| The horses slithered down the shallow bank and onto the glassy surface at a rapid trot, but the black was mistrustful of the insecure footing and jibbed skittishly. |
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| For years, critics of Mr. Berlusconi stayed skittishly off the record, worried about jeopardizing their futures in a patronage society in which the billionaire Berlusconi has been the leading patron. |
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