flutter
verb (used without object)
to wave, flap, or toss about.
have fluttered
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present perfectof flutter.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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When this date was first marked on calendars months ago, the heart of every Scotland fan would have fluttered with the excitement of a kid on Christmas Eve.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2022
First ladies have fluttered at the fringes of Washington theater this spring, and the titles stack up rather badly for their subjects.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 6, 2017
Long prairie dresses could have fluttered down the mountainside and straight into the Indio Valley for next year’s Coachella.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2015
If author Ayn Rand were still alive, Romney might have fluttered her heart with this taxonomy.
From Time ● Nov. 8, 2012
Normally, he would have fluttered over to my shoulder, anxious to go outside.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
