Example Sentences

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Small, black, plastic bat wings are pinned to the wall by his nameplate as if they were fluttering around his door.

From Scientific American • Jun. 16, 2023

On a beautiful afternoon in June, gay rainbow flags were fluttering up and down Castro Street as Mr. Jones walked by reminders of an earlier era.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2022

By the time we reached Warren Island, our first anchor site, my fingers were fluttering, too.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2017

No, teenage girls weren't fainting, although grown men were fluttering.

From Golf Digest • Jun. 16, 2017

Her eyelids were fluttering, and her breathing had deepened into a snore.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart