fluttering

Example Sentences

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The composition is utterly still, devoid of human presence and enlivened only by fluttering harbor flags and the canvas’s scintillating pinpoints of color.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

The fluttering I felt near my ankles was to mimic the sensation of a running critter.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Through his window, a vast Israeli flag can be seen fluttering over the streets below.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

NIN’s signature synth riffs capture the ethereal liminality between organic reality and dreamy simulation, especially in the juxtaposition between the piano-driven “Echoes” and its fluttering digital twin “Permanence.”

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025

Many waved—the lifted hand motionless, the fingers fluttering nonstop, like the legs of an insect on its back—and Farmer returned the gesture.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French