| It moves by fits and starts, through pangs of revulsion and flashes of revelation. |
| The British Crown, in the face of American unrest, allowed these French settlers, in fits and starts, to keep their language and their religion. |
| It was built in 1961, and it's been renovated in fits and starts, so it's sort of an architectural Frankenstein. |
| By contrast, British pop, fuelled by speed and e, moves in fits and starts, breaks and loops, sudden surges, depressive longeurs and doublings-back. |
| After hearing some fits and starts, we realized that the tape was chewed beyond repair. |
| Granted, this is government by fits and starts, hobbled by the whims of voters. |
