Children were skeltering across the playground when the bell rang.

When the alarm bell rang, the students skelter away from the auditorium in a panicked rush.

The café's skelter stored a neat stack of bagels on a sloped track, allowing them to roll forward by gravity so the oldest ones were always served first.

Startled by the stray dog, the flock skeltered across the field in a chaotic rush.

The child skelters down the hallway whenever guests arrive, laughter trailing behind him.

After the announcement, the office descended into helter-skelter as people scrambled to reassign projects.

After the earthquake, books lay helter-skelter across the library floor.

After the alarm blared, the crowd made a helter-skelter exit, pushing and stumbling in panic.

The festival's helter-skelters were popular with children, who lined up and laughed all afternoon.