flitting

Example Sentences

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He’s both movie-star hunky and action-star engrossing, flitting between these two deceptively binary ends without breaking a sweat.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

“When we’re at dinner, I don’t want to have projects about work flitting through my head, and I used to do that way too much,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Rates flitting back below 6% isn’t out of the question this year.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

Shots are dimly lit, characters stand around in dated kitchens and conversations last a few minutes before flitting to another storyline entirely.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2025

Gram is uneasy, I can see her eyes flitting nervously around the room, like she's crossing the border into a really foreign country.

From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick