By then, my thoughts were skittering around what I'd seen and knew.

A scary thought skittered into my mind.

His thoughts skittered back to the passage in The Basis of Order that he had read earlier in the day.

The thoughts skittered through her mind, alongside the joy.

For just the briefest of moments, the thought of marriage skittered across his mind.

The thought skittered across the void like a drop of water on a hot griddle.

A creepy thought skittered into my mind regarding George's finger loss.

The thought had barely skittered across her mind when a hard arm slid around her back.

His thoughts skittered to the water sack Fedeyah had left.

While those thoughts skittered around my brain, Allison lit a cigarette.