flit
verb (used without object)
to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along.
are flitting
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present progressiveof flit.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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He believes “we’re going to have many more people that live in different places and are flitting around, renting here and renting out there.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
A peppy digidub riddim sets up its groove in a dark room, and soon phantom figures are flitting in and out: a skittering drum pattern here, a strangulated holler there.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2017
Outside in the hall, the PRs are flitting, the security guards are jumpy and the macaroon crumbs have yet to be cleared from the carpet outside suite 123.
From The Guardian ● May 16, 2013
The shadows are flitting by, leaving us behind.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
Fishes are flitting in the clear water; limpid streams oozing through the rocks form fresh-water basins, with pebbly bottoms; and the channels from the blue sea, flowing over the chalk, become cerulean.
From Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Thomas Forester
