flutter
verb (used without object)
to wave, flap, or toss about.
was fluttering
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past progressiveof flutter.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The assumption was that he was fluttering his eyelashes at Real Madrid.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
The yellow and blue Ukrainian flag was fluttering in the breeze over the ruins of a grocery store where it was placed.
From Reuters ● Jun. 13, 2023
Gay noticed the holiday wrapping paper decorating the residents’ rooms was fluttering.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2021
Aside from the occasional Sidney Sheldon novel, she wasn’t a reader, so she didn’t understand the world whose edges I was fluttering around.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 12, 2017
My heartbeat was fluttering, making me think of trapped butterflies, but did I even have a heartbeat right now?
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
