fluttered

Example Sentences

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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

Blue-and-white Israeli flags fluttered in the wind, as mourners held the young lieutenant's portrait alongside a homemade banner reading: "We will remember forever."

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

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

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2025

Narbonne pulled even on Mark Iheanachor’s seven-yard touchdown run on its first drive of the third quarter, but the extra-point kick was deflected by Macias and fluttered wide left.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2024

Their bodies became a collective, a tapestry of wing and wind that fluttered with life, transforming into the figure of a young woman with dark hair and dark eyes.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall