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

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

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

There are discussions online about who exactly the principals are in this series, given the legion of cast members flitting in and out of the storyline.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Marty spends a whole week flitting between the ’80s and the ’50s, never fully absorbing what the differences between those decades mean.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

In the end, the flowers became a field of glittering dust, a school of flitting fish, stars and particles of light that faded, vanished into day.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder