Small, weird crustaceanlike creatures rose up out of the sand dunes and skittered past Kirk's feet into the water.

Ratlike creatures skittered away as the human party approached.

The little creatures skittered and cringed when Flagg came near.

As he watched, small dark creatures skittered out of the alley and gully dwarf children began chasing after them.

A scurrying movement stopped me, and I froze, listening as some creature skittered through the tall grass that was growing alongside the dirt alleyway.

Little creatures - gerbils, desert mice and scorpions - skittered across the sand; in the morning, we found their tiny footprints inquisitively close to our heads.

The disgusting creature skittered across the grass, to his mistress's side, pushing against her, making an odd, throaty gurgle.

A small, brown, armored creature, not much bigger than the scarab beetle, skittered along beside the snake.

I toured the perimeter, poking the light into spaces where eight-legged creatures skittered away from me, horrified.

A prince, a king in all but name, had more important things to do than prowl through dust and darkness while creatures skittered out of sight.