fluttering

[ UK /flˈʌtəɹɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈfɫətɝɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the motion made by flapping up and down
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How To Use fluttering In A Sentence

  • On a tree that is virtually bare, one can often see a solitary leaf still fluttering on a top twig. Times, Sunday Times
  • These live conversations took place via a messagerie service that the computer pirates called Gretel, identified by a logo of a heart with fluttering eyelashes. Diffusion of Innovations
  • But there is only one sure-fire way to send pulses racing and hearts fluttering, and that's alcohol.
  • Fluttering and screaming, the bird made every effort to escape, but not before Dee was aware of a label tied round his neck. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2)
  • Overseas aidJohn Arne Riise, or "mummy's boy", finally joined this summer having been utterly unwooed by the club's fluttering eyelashes before he signed for Liverpool in 2001, supposedly on the advice of his representative – his mother. Fulham Premier League 2011-12 team guide
  • There is a bird fluttering about inside the chimney, how can we get it out?
  • The murmuring, fluttering sounds of the crowd echoed off the high ceilings and stone arches of the chapel.
  • While she was fluttering around her office, giving me my schedule and a school map, she shouted out little bits of advice and suggestions for classes.
  • The nurses were already fluttering around her, busy preparing for the arrival of the future heir.
  • The moths themselves are also fluttering about in the daytime in long grass. Times, Sunday Times
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