flit
verb (used without object)
to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along.
have flitted
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present perfectof flit.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Over 15 years, their LPs have flitted between genres with insouciant musicianship, pulling from punky scuzz, regal soul, krautrock, electro-funk and psychedelia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
Visions of a 2-10 season might have flitted through some fans’ heads when right tackle Garrett DiGiorgio sustained a left ankle injury and had to be helped to a medical shed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2024
Wales have flitted between feast and famine under coach Pivac.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2022
Home last week from the air war over Britain came one of the many high-ranking U.S. observers who have flitted in & out of the war zone.
From Time Magazine Archive
You have flitted into Lord Voldemort’s mind without damage to yourself, but he cannot possess you without enduring mortal agony, as he discovered in the Ministry.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
