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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

His kick, which had been fluttering off at an angle, suddenly strengthened and began stirring up a furious wake.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It has but just arrived, Miss Hethencourt," said the maître d'hôtel, who had been fluttering around upon the tiptoe of a most unusual curiosity.

From The Hawk of Egypt by Conquest, Joan

Until now, the lamp had been fluttering in the rush of wind.

From The Trail Horde by Seltzer, Charles Alden

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