flutter
verb (used without object)
to wave, flap, or toss about.
Example Sentences
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An American flag flutters above the red brick building, while merchants cluster and converse outside its entrance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
A mud-stained Venezuelan flag, tied to a pole, flutters in the Caribbean breeze.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
Investors might want to listen to any flutters in their stomachs ahead of today’s Federal Reserve decision on interest rates.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025
Blue and white ribbons and streamers have been stretched high across the streets of the shopping district and, in the old port, bunting flutters from the boats bobbing in the Mediterranean.
From BBC ● May 23, 2025
My heart flutters and my eyes are getting bad, not to mention my bum hip.
From "Doing Time Online" by Jan Siebold
