had fluttered
- past perfect of flutter.
Example Sentences
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They met the moment, and any butterflies they might have had fluttered away when seasoned quarterback Matthew Stafford completed his first 10 passes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2025
You feel as if Churchill’s attention, or even his presence, had fluttered right past the easel in order to hover at the far end of the hall.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
Hundreds, all told, had fluttered around me before the penny dropped.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2017
Defense attorney T. Emmet McKenzie argued that the last of Parsons’s garments had fluttered to the floor unintentionally.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2015
He did not notice the small form that had fluttered in after him.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
