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
Just across from the main entrance to App State, the small parking lot has cars darting in and out all day.
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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
Despite not scoring, the South Korean was a constant threat, with darting runs and breakneck pace.
—Julian Cardillo, Boston Herald, 17 Aug. 2025
Estevao matched the spirit of the service with a succession of darting dribbles towards the penalty area, a couple of dangerous crosses and a lot of shots.
—Liam Twomey, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
Because there was no ashtray available, one of Miss Goudeau’s prospective clients put his cigarette out on the sole of his shoe and then, his eyes darting about her Sheridan Square office for someplace to throw it, decided on his own pocket.
—Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025
While the Great Barrier Reef dazzles beneath the turquoise surface—alive with coral gardens, darting clownfish, and the slow drift of sea turtles.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Reynolds claimed to have met the first mate of a whale ship who battled the great one with a darting harpoon and hundreds of feet of 3/4-inch line flying from the rope tub.
—Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
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
Despite not scoring, the South Korean was a constant threat, with darting runs and breakneck pace.
—Julian Cardillo, Boston Herald, 17 Aug. 2025
Estevao matched the spirit of the service with a succession of darting dribbles towards the penalty area, a couple of dangerous crosses and a lot of shots.
—Liam Twomey, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
Because there was no ashtray available, one of Miss Goudeau’s prospective clients put his cigarette out on the sole of his shoe and then, his eyes darting about her Sheridan Square office for someplace to throw it, decided on his own pocket.
—Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025
While the Great Barrier Reef dazzles beneath the turquoise surface—alive with coral gardens, darting clownfish, and the slow drift of sea turtles.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Reynolds claimed to have met the first mate of a whale ship who battled the great one with a darting harpoon and hundreds of feet of 3/4-inch line flying from the rope tub.
—Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for darting
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The BirdWeather devices automatically register bird calls and use them to identify the species, mostly to let bird fans know what's flitting through their yards.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
21 Aug. 2025
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Stop flitting around and stop straddling strategies by making the plan that becomes your default.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Stroll the Butterfly Garden to see butterflies fluttering about the plants that were planned especially to give them a home.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
21 Aug. 2025
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The ubiquitous television graphics, TRUMP-PUTIN SUMMIT, with fluttering American and Russian flags.—
Richard Stengel,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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In the video, Parsons is seen dancing around with the biggest smile on his face.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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The proud mom also included a separate video of her dancing with Aquaman to the tune.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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While you guys had staff inside laughing, pointing and even flicking off the crowd outside.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Darting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darting. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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