Example Sentences

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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

It’s sprinkling outside and leaves are fluttering on the trees a bit.

From Forbes • Oct. 29, 2012

Halfway through “Cinderella,” as Harlow’s eyes are fluttering shut, I hear a crash in the hallway.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller