flutter

Some of them work by gently blowing air across the fabric, making it flutter and lift, so that it can then be sucked towards a gripper and clamped into place, for example.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

That’s the scenario posed by a new piece of commentary doing the rounds over the weekend, which has caused quite a flutter online.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 23, 2026

In Nepal's eastern plains, rival political flags depicting blue bells and red suns flutter over tea farms and brick homes -- symbols of a local election campaign shaping landmark nationwide polls.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

The Empire State Building in bustling Manhattan is now equipped with super sensitive microphones, tuning into bird calls and the slightest flutter of insects amid the cacophony of the concrete jungle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

I stumbled along behind her, careful to avoid the dust she kicked up, and struggling to steady a flutter of growing nerves.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

Little wonder that the language of lepidoptery, with its lively flutters of phrase, has attracted so many literary types and other thinkers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

A mud-stained Venezuelan flag, tied to a pole, flutters in the Caribbean breeze.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

Investors might want to listen to any flutters in their stomachs ahead of today’s Federal Reserve decision on interest rates.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025

Blue and white ribbons and streamers have been stretched high across the streets of the shopping district and, in the old port, bunting flutters from the boats bobbing in the Mediterranean.

From BBC ● May 23, 2025

As I sort through the papers, another flutters out.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

Two days later, thousands of Scots returned for Pride Night as the Toronto Blue Jays fluttered into town.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

Hundreds of green Turkmen flags fluttered in the desert wind, held up by women in red, purple, blue and green outfits.

From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026

My heart fluttered so quickly and irregularly it made me see spots, landing me in the hospital for monitoring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

The album covers fluttered like the display on a slot machine.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2025

Gelifen fluttered his wings, and warmth began to radiate from him.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

“If I’m giving a gift … I just think there’s something more personal for them opening a card and having that piece of paper come fluttering out,” Bell said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

Each time the Storm drove down the court, there was Johnson, her ponytail fluttering as she skirted around the arc before driving into the paint, nonchalantly tossing up layups as if it was still shootaround.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

Geishas, known as geikos in Kyoto, and apprentices called maikos have been donning elaborate costumes and fluttering fans since the Miyako Odori -- or "capital city dance" -- first started in 1872.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

Along the riverside path, cyclists rode with the wind and a trio of young filmmakers recorded pigeons fluttering around “La Grande Fenêtre,” a 1974 abstract work at the Outdoor Sculpture Museum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026

Elisha began interrupting Maggie while in session, sending in notes, “Come out for a moment from those coarse people … Surely you can rest a minute! Come dearest fluttering bird! Come!”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock