How to Use flit in a Sentence

flit

verb

• She was always flitting around the kitchen.
• The hummingbird flitted from flower to flower.
• Her eyes flitted over the sign with the three green leaves.
  — Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
• Cloud shadows flit across its rock floor like ghost boats.
  — Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
• That feeling when your brain tries to flit to the next thing?
  — Alexandra Ossola, Quartz, 4 Nov. 2020
• It’s now known that flies, too, may flit between two or more sleep states.
  — Carolyn Wilke, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2023
• There are also a lot of bats flitting about across the globe.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 13 July 2018
• Mosquitoes and moths flit around porch lights all night long.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 June 2026
• As my fingers flit over the keyboard, my brain is hard at work.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2010
• Life outdoors in these heat waves means flitting from shade to shade.
  — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 20 July 2019
• These are just a few facts that flit by in this podcast purely about birds.
  — Holly Ojalvo, Quartz, 22 Dec. 2019
• Here’s what to do to get rid of pesky moths flitting around indoors.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2026
• The film flits from set piece to set piece, from lava bombs to bird dating.
  — Katie Walsh, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2019
• The cochairs flitted around the event, a party that has been in the works for about a year.
  — Michaela Bechler, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2018
• The aim is to get him regular minutes rather than flit in and out of the team.
  — David Ornstein, New York Times, 22 July 2025
• Meanwhile, her husband flits in and out of town plying his opaque trade.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2025
• Masks flit and hop in the wind as if grown animate with a change in the weather.
  — Daniel Torday, Wired, 3 Apr. 2020
• The dress code flitted from leather, to latex and cheetah print.
  — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024
• The movie flits between footage of a bullfight, a cockfight and a wrestling match.
  — Ryan Kost, SFChronicle.com, 12 June 2018
• All around us, feline shapes were flitting along fences and pausing in the street.
  — Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• Ghosts flit around you, enveloping you and reaching deep down to touch your heart.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2020
• Whales frolic in the cobalt waters, while seabirds flit in the salt winds overhead.
  — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Sep. 2021
• Don’t just mindlessly pick up your phone every time the midterms flit through your thoughts.
  — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 1 Nov. 2022
• Nine flies flitted about the place, three of which flew around utensils in kitchen storage.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
• Another trio flitted about the main kitchen.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
• And their look flits from rococo one day to bohemian the next.
  — Leigh-Ann Jackson, latimes.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• Birds flit around Atsu’s head and lead her to points of interest.
  — Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
• Kerry spends much of the film flitting around trying to look useful.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 23 Jan. 2018
• For wizards, the snitch is a tiny magical golden ball that flits around at high speeds.
  — Nicole Blanchard, idahostatesman, 26 Dec. 2017
• Despite the drizzle, people weave past tents and flit between bars and food stands.
  — R.d. | Paide, The Economist, 9 Sep. 2019