flutter
verb (used without object)
to wave, flap, or toss about.
has been fluttering
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present perfect progressiveof flutter (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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Armand Traore has been fluttering his eyelids at Paris St Germain.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2010
My heart has been fluttering around my chest for so long now that this variety of intoxication almost seems sustainable—but only almost.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
"It has been fluttering in me ever since you appeared," answered the priest.
From Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
