Example Sentences

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What has fluttered away instead are our patience and our precautions.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2022

As cryptocurrencies have thrown off tons of cash, some of it has fluttered into the open arms of sports executives, who welcome it.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022

The photogenic bird has fluttered but not flown around the practice fields, instead choosing to walk everywhere.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2021

"His humour has fluttered happily about the stage recently vacated by the serious monologist," wrote the Observer's Peter Corrigan.

From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2012

It has fluttered, a delusive vision, before our men since the start.

From A Padre in France by Birmingham, George A.