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

Recent efforts to revive the succulent, nutritious root have fluttered into existence by way of Aboriginal community gardens.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2022

Meanwhile, violent crime rates in predominantly Asian, Hispanic and White neighborhoods have fluttered beneath their recent summer peaks.

From Washington Post • Oct. 9, 2020

If author Ayn Rand were still alive, Romney might have fluttered her heart with this taxonomy.

From Time • Nov. 8, 2012

My heart would have fluttered if there had been any time between the initial glimpse of his familiar figure and the sight of another figure clinging to him.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez