in a flutter
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A scroll through social media suggests that many city councils across Ukraine are planning mini marches, in a flutter of patriotism and defiance.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2022
That’s a line that Barbara Stanwyck would have delivered in one of two ways: spitting it out for melodrama, hot and sour, or tossing it away in a flutter of foolish chat.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 24, 2015
Miss Keller had been deeply affected by Pygmalion and Saint Joan, waited long in a flutter of hero worship for the great Shaw to wake from a nap.
From Time Magazine Archive
People like Neil Koun have the $40 billion clinical-lab industry in a flutter.
From Time Magazine Archive
He fell sideways in a flutter of shock and pain, and Lyra cried out, feeling it sharply.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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