fluttering

Example Sentences

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The fluttering I felt near my ankles was to mimic the sensation of a running critter.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The native population in the Amazon thinks that because they are fluttering so fast with a thousand heartbeats per minute that they must have more than one life in them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

I went to the island's modest-looking parliament, the body of it built in a Scandinavian style with wooden slats and painted the same burnished red as the Greenlandic flags fluttering by the entrance.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

NIN’s signature synth riffs capture the ethereal liminality between organic reality and dreamy simulation, especially in the juxtaposition between the piano-driven “Echoes” and its fluttering digital twin “Permanence.”

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025

Eyes fluttering, she thrashed her head from side to side and called her husband’s name.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood