flit
verb (used without object)
to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along.
had been flitting
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past perfect progressiveof flit.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Were they ideas, memories, or dreams that had been flitting through his mind?
From The Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy, Count
Nora's face, over which many emotions had been flitting, now looked grave.
From Light O' the Morning by L. T. Meade
During breakfast she had been flitting in and out constantly to her husband's bedroom.
From Poppy The Story of a South African Girl by Cynthia Stockley
During the meal Mrs. Dempster had been flitting to and fro between the house and the apple tree.
From The Unknown Wrestler by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody
Then he saw that not only man's pain but man's defiance, had been haunting her, and he guessed what persons and memories had been flitting through her mind.
From Robert Elsmere by Mrs. Humphry Ward
