flitting

Example Sentences

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He’s both movie-star hunky and action-star engrossing, flitting between these two deceptively binary ends without breaking a sweat.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

“When we’re at dinner, I don’t want to have projects about work flitting through my head, and I used to do that way too much,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Rates flitting back below 6% isn’t out of the question this year.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

At a stoplight, my gaze will magnetically travel north to the Santa Monica Mountains blanketed in a golden charred brown, and I travel back to hiking those trails, surrounded by sage, lavender and flitting bluebirds.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2025

She snooped around the house, her eyes flitting here and there, examining every little thing.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor