- present participle of flit.
flitting
Example Sentences
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He believes “we’re going to have many more people that live in different places and are flitting around, renting here and renting out there.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
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
Fittingly, Daniel Pemberton’s score has that same sense of free-ranging curiosity, flitting between genres at will.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
Rates flitting back below 6% isn’t out of the question this year.
From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026
When she was being quiet as a shadow, she could sneak past all of them, flitting out by starlight to make her water in the woods where no one would see.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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