flutter
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Ten minutes and a flutter of scissor kicks later, my thighs felt like concrete pylons, and my hip flexors, which I was previously unacquainted with, were screaming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
As the vet administered the euthanasia that ended Cosmo’s suffering, I cooed to him Queen’s “You’re My Best Friend” until his paws didn’t flutter anymore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
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
In the capital Hanoi, patriotic red-and-yellow banners flutter from lampposts and traffic lights, extolling the "national festival" where people "eagerly cast ballots".
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
I give it a shake, and hear the slightest flutter.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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
As the gate is removed, I half expect the chicks to rush out but, but apart from a few flutters inside the aviary, nothing happens.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025
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
Rachel/Rachelle flutters her purple eyelashes at him like he’s some kind of Uberdude.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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
The guinea fowl panicked—and fluttered in the wrong direction.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
“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
The assumption was that he was fluttering his eyelashes at Real Madrid.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
Symptoms include fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pain and a fluttering heartbeat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 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
Sadie/Penny, and Marigold are clucking, their tiny wings fluttering as they step lively in the coop.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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