How to Use flutter in a Sentence

flutter

1 of 2 verb

• Leaves fluttered to the ground.
• The breeze fluttered the curtains.
• The breeze made the curtains flutter.
• The bird was fluttering its wings.
• The bird's wings were fluttering.
• We watched the butterflies fluttering in the garden.
• She nervously fluttered around the office.
• She fluttered her eyelashes at him.
• More leaves flutter to the floor.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Feb. 2026
• Her eyes fluttered open then closed.
  — Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
• Fringed palm fronds flutter in the breeze.
  — Jason Sheeler, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2026
• But as laughter gave way to talk about their fears, her heart fluttered.
  — Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2020
• Dollar bills flutter around his feet.
  — Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
• Today, white and blue ribbons flutter in the wind the length of a city block.
  — Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2021
• Scores of birds fluttered and screeched as gun battles raged outside.
  — Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 9 July 2023
• Longer pieces reached the tops of her cheekbones, fluttering out like wings.
  — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
• When fruits ripen and insects hatch, bats wake up and flutter out of their roosts to forage.
  — Peter Alagona, University Of California, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2020
• Shift dress are covered in the front with wispy, monochrome tabs that flutter with each step.
  — Colleen Barry, Quartz, 22 Feb. 2024
• Popping it off the bottom makes the blade flutter and can entice fish to eat.
  — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2023
• The sudden movement sends the birds fluttering away from you, to watch and wait.
  — Addie Citchens, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
• Shania’s toned abs can be see peeking through her corset as a cape flutters behind her.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 18 July 2023
• Union Jack bunting fluttered overhead.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
• Here are the plastic streamers that blocked our way, fluttering over the path.
  — John Kinsella, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• Anderson said the warmth helps calm them down stops their eyes from fluttering.
  — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
• The next day, a black flag fluttered by the hospital entrance to mourn those killed.
  — ABC News, 7 June 2026
• One butterfly starts to flutter above our group of watchful eyes—then two, then three.
  — Sunset Magazine, 12 May 2022
• Nearby, a white flag fluttered in the breeze under a Haitian flag in a sign of peace.
  — MartÍn Adames AlcÁntara and DÁnica Coto The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2023
• Along with heart designs, the skin has wings that flutter when Hanzo lunges in the air.
  — Kris Holt, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
• The immature stage doesn't move much, but the adults flutter about when disturbed.
  — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Dec. 2021
• Ancient dried rose petals flutter down from between the envelopes.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2022

flutter

2 of 2 noun

• The flutter of the flame cast shadows on the ceiling.
• With a flutter of wings, the birds settled into the nest.
• He was in a flutter until he found his keys.
• The news of her resignation caused quite a flutter.
• Does a sleeve flutter when the wind blows?
  — Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
• Then a rapid flutter of bass notes.
  — Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
• The dumplings come buried under a white cheese sauce and a flutter of chives.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
• As track one begins, a copy of the script flutters down from the ceiling.
  — Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2026
• The leaves of one quaking aspen make quite a flutter in the gentlest of wind.
  — Richard Stenger, CNN, 10 Feb. 2022
• And now the white flags of the Taliban flutter all over Afghanistan.
  — Peter Bergen, CNN, 17 Aug. 2021
• Be ready for a thumping strike as the lure flutters towards the bottom.
  — Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• The flutter on the drop looks like a real frog swimming below the grassline.
  — Steve Price, Field & Stream, 7 June 2023
• In it, Mario snoozes against a tree as a butterfly flutters by his head.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2025
• Right behind that came the rich shock of chocolate, followed by a flutter of nuts.
  — Ruth Reichl, Town & Country, 6 June 2019
• Allow his feet to feel that same special flutter that your heart does with these cozy slippers.
  — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 11 Jan. 2023
• His hands flutter, flitting up and down the keyboard like skittish moths.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2022
• Romance ensues, to the flutter of viewers' hearts the world over.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2022
• Red flags emblazoned with white crosses flutter in the breeze.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2021
• This one has a V-neckline, a ruched waist, and three-quarter sleeves with flutter cuffs.
  — Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• The flutter became a pulse, spreading throughout her body.
  — Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
• There's no denying the flutter and shine of the materials is a draw.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2022
• Here, there, a flash, a flutter, an ecstasy of shrillings remind us that not all the birds have flown south.
  — Danny Heitman, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2018
• Shoppers like the sweet flutter sleeves and the cute frill detailing at the bottom too.
  — Sanah Faroke, Southern Living, 24 June 2021
• But if the blades are too thin, there’s a very real danger of aeroelastic flutter.
  — Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 4 July 2022
• This wasn't exactly patter to make your heart go flutter (or beat at all for that matter).
  — Ryan Smith, Chicago Reader, 9 Mar. 2018
• Downriver, best bite is on shell bars at 25 feet on football head jigs or flutter spoons.
  — Frank Sargeant, al.com, 12 July 2019
• Listen to the chirps, whirs and flutter of the creatures that still stir and witness the night-blooming plants.
  — Sonja Haller, azcentral, 28 June 2018
• Even the Soviets couldn’t control the urge for a flutter.
  — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
• Understanding stirred, a flutter in the very center of her chest.
  — Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
• The plane, now propped up on jacks, creaks in the wind and strips of insulation flutter from holes in the fuselage.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2023