as in flitting
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements
the housefly darted about the room until it found an open window and flew out
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Recent Examples of darting
Following a Keller punt, Trinity used six rushing plays to cover 79 yards with Jayden Hollins darting up the middle from 34 yards out to give the Trojans their first lead at 13-9 early in the second period.
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Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2025
Mischief in the mind of Cole Martin, the defensive back, moonlighted as a magician and snatched the direct snap before darting through a crease and churning ahead for a trick of a first down.
—Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Inevitably, someone ended up swinging a quilt around to mimic the great snake’s darting heads and churning coils.
—Seamus Sullivan
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
But demand grew, and so did the all the two-wheelers darting in and out of traffic.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
In his music, one hears long, flowing melodies combined with darting harmonies and intricate polyrhythms.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
Weeks of driving around the Central Valley, darting between muddy fields not unlike the very birds they were hired to monitor, has reinforced to Carr and Stallworth how much available habitat remains.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Just across from the main entrance to App State, the small parking lot has cars darting in and out all day.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
As the temperature surged to two hundred degrees, Solórzano slammed a snowball scented with black pepper and juniper tar onto the rocks, filling the room with a gunpowdery musk, and waved furiously, darting up and down the sauna stairs, tossing his towel in an elegant plume of white.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2025
Mischief in the mind of Cole Martin, the defensive back, moonlighted as a magician and snatched the direct snap before darting through a crease and churning ahead for a trick of a first down.
—Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Inevitably, someone ended up swinging a quilt around to mimic the great snake’s darting heads and churning coils.
—Seamus Sullivan
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
But demand grew, and so did the all the two-wheelers darting in and out of traffic.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
In his music, one hears long, flowing melodies combined with darting harmonies and intricate polyrhythms.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
Weeks of driving around the Central Valley, darting between muddy fields not unlike the very birds they were hired to monitor, has reinforced to Carr and Stallworth how much available habitat remains.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Just across from the main entrance to App State, the small parking lot has cars darting in and out all day.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
As the temperature surged to two hundred degrees, Solórzano slammed a snowball scented with black pepper and juniper tar onto the rocks, filling the room with a gunpowdery musk, and waved furiously, darting up and down the sauna stairs, tossing his towel in an elegant plume of white.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for darting
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The spaces are smaller, with lower benches, and the older players, flitting between dressing rooms for U14s and U12s, have had to take their belongings home each day rather than leave them in lockers due to the carousel of teams moving in and out.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The episode ends with a haunting overhead shot of the yard dotted with frozen clusters of kids in gray jumpsuits and the frantic staff outfitted in bright orange, flitting among them.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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On my most recent visit—December 2024—the foliage was just past its peak, with some bare trees and lots of fluttering yellow leaves.—
Taryn Shorr-Mckee,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Oct. 2025
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The fastest way to a stressful hosting experience is by micro-managing and trying to do everything yourself, from setting out food and drink to cleaning up to fluttering around to ensure nothing is going wrong.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile warm-up demonstrations in Portland feature protestors in inflatable animal costumes—lots of frogs, along with unicorns, chickens, dinosaurs dancing in the streets, providing an alternative visual to the menace of masked enforcement agents.—
Nancy Gibbs,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
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Fridays are the night to attend to enjoy extra activities like singing and dancing at the Great Big BOO Musical Show, as the crew tries to save Halloween from the curse of Wendella the Witch.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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While a wagging dog’s tail might indicate excitement or friendliness, a flicking cat’s tail can signal irritation.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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Only the paintings bore witness to her intense, solitary writing sessions, conducted in the studio by night, Stein flicking the pages of her notebooks with hardly a pause, until dawn birdsong disturbed her concentration.—
Francesca Wade,
Air Mail,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Darting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darting. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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