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was fluting
  • past progressive of flute.

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A blackbird was fluting after a shower, for the sky was transient blue with the dark rags of the squall flying fast over the hill towards London.

From Old Junk by Ratcliffe, S. K. (Samuel Kerkham)

The garden had turned into enchanted woods, and Pan was fluting there.

From Pink Gods and Blue Demons by Stockley, Cynthia

It grew and swelled until at last it seemed as if through a myriad pipes Pan the earth spirit was fluting his magical creative song.

From Imaginations and Reveries by Russell, George William

It grew and swelled until at last it seemed as if through a myriad pipes that Pan the earth spirit was fluting his magical creative song.

From AE in the Irish Theosophist by Russell, George William

In the shadowy depths below a wood-thrush was fluting his last notes for that day.

From In Happy Valley by Fox, John