flitter
Example Sentences
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Like the fragile butterflies that flitter around Alicent after Helaena’s death, she was too good for all of this nonsense.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
“If the market is going to flitter around that, that might be a buying opportunity,” as the Fed is loosening monetary policy at a time when the economy seems “pretty solid,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2025
There are times in Nolan’s latest opus that flames fill the frame and visions of subatomic particles flitter across the screen — montages of Oppenheimer’s own churning visions.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
Listen hard enough, and the nearly sitcom-length middle can even feel short when the same big, bending sounds are crammed into little pockets of time that flitter away before you know it.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2021
A guy on a bike road through the flock of pigeons, causing them to flap and flitter around, pepperoni hanging from their beaks.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
