flapping

Example Sentences

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Little stone circles had been laid as impromptu memorials to the men at the site where they died, a little Palestinian flag flapping above one.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

Hemantha's dismissal – he hit his stumps with his bat flapping at Jamie Overton – summed up a poor Sri Lanka batting display, not that England will care.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Much of Mr. Roberts’s movement for that quartet of dancers, despite some upper-body torsioning and unison pacings, presents repeated articulations for their arms, suggesting the flapping of wings, which grows monotonous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

Elegant terns cried and circled in the distance, and pelicans flew from the ocean to the lagoon, so close overhead sometimes I could hear the flapping of their heavy wings.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

Mal had returned home from her journey, flying back from the forest with arms outstretched and coat flapping, buffeted by the wind.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell