fluttering

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

With a Welsh flag fluttering above her wheelchair, Avril "fell in love" with Philadelphia and its people, receiving the warmest of welcomes.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

He has given us, instead, a whirlwind of active bodies and body parts, of fluttering wings, limbs and drapery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

I fled down alleyways as dark and stifling as the gullets of dragons, through sizzling sparks and palls of smoke, under clotheslines fluttering with singed sheets.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros