flittered; flittering; flitters
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Examples of flitter in a Sentence
Verb
the birds flittered back and forth between the backyard feeder and the safety of the trees
Recent Examples on the Web
Leo Kim, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2023
As Francis prayed before a statue of the Madonna, nearby wildfires turned the sky smoky black and sent ash flittering down on the crowd.
—Nicole Winfield, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
The audience’s fists pumped and their shouts filled the air as bright red lasers flittered across the arena.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 22 June 2023
Meanwhile, Donica's Lancelot is a marvelous mix of both lovesick and courageous — flittering between boldly going toe-to-toe against Arthur in battle to suddenly shrinking his towering six-foot-tall frame the minute Guenevere walks in the door.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2023
Lopez was in the middle of discussing the film when its whirring blades began to slowly flitter into the studio.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2023
Auburn saw another double-digit lead flitter away, as LSU scored 21 unanswered points between the second and third quarters.
—Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 2 Oct. 2022
Scrub jays are those large blue birds that flitter around urban and wild L.A.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2021
And what better way to celebrate spring than walking through an atrium flittering with colorful butterflies?
—BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2018
Austindedios, oregonlive, 4 July 2023
Shadows flitter across the water.
—Carson Vaughan, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2020
Physics contains equations that describe everything from the stretching of space-time to the flitter of photons.
—Quanta Magazine, 16 Jan. 2018
More than 1,000 butterflies flitter among a natural-rock waterfall, palms, and even orchids.
—Patrick Sisson, Curbed, 12 June 2018
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Verb
Through its evolution, the term seems to flitter between abstract and concrete.
—Leo Kim, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2023
As Francis prayed before a statue of the Madonna, nearby wildfires turned the sky smoky black and sent ash flittering down on the crowd.
—Nicole Winfield, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
The audience’s fists pumped and their shouts filled the air as bright red lasers flittered across the arena.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 22 June 2023
Meanwhile, Donica's Lancelot is a marvelous mix of both lovesick and courageous — flittering between boldly going toe-to-toe against Arthur in battle to suddenly shrinking his towering six-foot-tall frame the minute Guenevere walks in the door.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2023
Lopez was in the middle of discussing the film when its whirring blades began to slowly flitter into the studio.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2023
Auburn saw another double-digit lead flitter away, as LSU scored 21 unanswered points between the second and third quarters.
—Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 2 Oct. 2022
Scrub jays are those large blue birds that flitter around urban and wild L.A.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2021
And what better way to celebrate spring than walking through an atrium flittering with colorful butterflies?
—BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2018
Noun
Only fountains, flitter sparklers and ground spinners are permitted.
—Austindedios, oregonlive, 4 July 2023
Shadows flitter across the water.
—Carson Vaughan, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2020
Physics contains equations that describe everything from the stretching of space-time to the flitter of photons.
—Quanta Magazine, 16 Jan. 2018
More than 1,000 butterflies flitter among a natural-rock waterfall, palms, and even orchids.
—Patrick Sisson, Curbed, 12 June 2018
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“Flitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flitter. Accessed 8 Dec. 2023.
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