flutter
verb (used without object)
to wave, flap, or toss about.
are fluttering
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present progressiveof flutter.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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Moth swarms so thick they can blot out the stars are fluttering across Australia, heralding a migratory spectacle unseen since the creature's brush with extinction nearly 10 years ago.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 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
“Yet he's also the most simple man. He thinks differently than most of us. He finds the gut issue and focuses on that. Most of us are fluttering around the peripheral.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2015
“I like to position anglers downstream from alder trees, where salmon flies are fluttering about,” Nurre said.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2013
Things are fluttering back to normal here too, Axel thinks.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
