flit
verb (used without object)
to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along.
have been flitting
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present perfect progressiveof flit.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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Hence, the recent spate of “I quit” announcements that have been flitting across people’s news feeds.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2021
Rumors of Shibumi have been flitting around the Internet for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2016
Certain questions have been flitting through his mind: What are GMOs?
From Scientific American ● Sep. 9, 2013
I dare say these little creatures have been flitting about the balcony and these rooms, ever since we went away.
From The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance by Harriet Martineau
What recollections of boyhood and innocence might have been flitting across his brain?
From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
