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

Cecilia, looking like a vibrant mariposa in a purple tunic, her hair blossoming with sprigs of lavender, was fluttering about the kitchen looking confused and agitated.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall