fluttered

Example Sentences

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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

Four U.A.E. flags fluttered from the roof in the afternoon breeze, while a small fleet of roughly two dozen school buses stood idle beside the compound.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

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

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2025

What was supposed to be down and on the outside corner instead fluttered up and above the zone.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025

It smashed open, and the picture, caught in the afternoon breeze from the lake, fluttered off and landed in the cook-fire.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer