had been fluttering
- past perfect progressive of flutter.
Example Sentences
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His kick, which had been fluttering off at an angle, suddenly strengthened and began stirring up a furious wake.
From Time Magazine Archive
As is now well known, the ski he and his partner had been using had been fluttering and stalling in spurts.
From Time Magazine Archive
About noon she came hurriedly back to Ruth, however, and told her that the thing that had been fluttering so long from the top of the palm tree on that other island was gone.
From The Corner House Girls on Palm Island by Gooch, Thelma
The two birds had been fluttering back and forth in the branches for some time.
From Saxe Holm's Stories by Jackson, Helen Hunt
He had been fluttering around Margaret, and so had lost count of time.
From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.
