flit
verb (used without object)
to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along.
has been flitting
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present perfect progressiveof flit (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Zarate has been flitting around the Los Angeles restaurant scene for years, first at an Abbot Kinney Japanese fusion restaurant and then at the first Mo-Chica, at the Mercado La Paloma complex near USC.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2017
Obviously, they do not include Andrew "Plebs" Mitchell, the city's only Tory MP, who has been flitting from one safe country house to another to escape media trolls and the Olice.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 7, 2012
For two years, since his fall from politics, Mr. Lenroot has been flitting about Washington, Micawber-like.
From Time Magazine Archive
They talked soberly about their responsibilities and delightedly about their children, and resolutely scotched nearly every rumor that has been flitting around them.
From Time Magazine Archive
I stooped towards her; she put her arms round my neck, and her mouth to my ear, and whispered— "A white lady has been flitting about the house all night."
From Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women by George MacDonald
