flit
verb (used without object)
to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along.
had flitted
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past perfectof flit.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Entranced, Mr. Bowles made an expedition to Sri Lanka in 1950; he found the private island to be “an embodiment of the innumerable fantasies and daydreams that had flitted through my mind since childhood.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2014
Unlike the journals of Belzhar, this was a fixed point, a static connection to a past that had flitted by.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2014
What had flitted across their minds was put into words by Harold E. Stassen.
From Time Magazine Archive
By early April 1964, rumors of the strike had flitted from Timmins to Toronto to Wall Street.
From Time Magazine Archive
The wizened witch who had flitted into her neighbor’s painting when he had joined the champions downstairs was now sitting smugly beside the Fat Lady.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
