aflutter
Example Sentences
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Penelope smiled reassuringly, but inside she was aflutter with curiosity.
From Literature
“Even Camilla was aflutter. They were trying on all their hats.”
From Literature
He decorates an Oribe scalloped platter, glazed a traditional deep green, with a subtly loose grid of incised lines seemingly set aflutter by wind or waves.
From New York Times
Twitter was all aflutter, and the same question began to be heard that once dogged his father: When will Cuomo run for president?
From Washington Post
“No doubt the warm, sunny lagoons of Jurassic Germany were aflutter with lots of flying dinosaurs.”
From Nature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
