Verb (used without object) : Banners fluttered in the breeze. ,to flutter back and forth. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : He made little nervous flutters with his hands. ,a flutter of anticipation. From Dictionary.com.
Lumber was purchased and swathed in fluttering robes of Tyvek. From Wordnik.com. [Misleading Indicator] Reference
Or cast away as slain, she called their fluttering spirits back. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands] Reference
Some six or eight Arabs in fluttering white garments ran on ahead to bid us a last good-bye. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Miles Up the Nile] Reference
It is the closest business to the intersection where the SSNP (Qom) flag is still fluttering from a barrel. From Wordnik.com. [Life in Beirut - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference
Miss Hazel fluttering from the door, in one breath welcomed the guests, presented the lieutenant, and ordered. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry Junior] Reference
What a twittering and fluttering is there; what a show of gaping, clamouring mouths when the mother-bird brings a tit-bit home. From Wordnik.com. [Janey Canuck in the West] Reference
A sick kind of fluttering in the pit of her stomach. From Wordnik.com. [So Hard To Forget]
She called their fluttering spirits back. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
THe furry little critters gave Kiera a 'fluttering' feeling. From Wordnik.com. [TheSpoof.com : Spoof News : Front Page] Reference
"I feel an odd kind of fluttering in my side, but it is only weakness.". From Wordnik.com. [Frank Fairlegh Scenes From The Life Of A Private Pupil] Reference
Have a1985 BMW 325 thats making a 'fluttering' feeling when driving ..?. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
Yesterday, we mentioned that Johnny Damon was dealing with a "fluttering" sensation in his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [YanksBlog.com] Reference
The weird part is, though, that the fluttering is the same sort of fluttering you feel when you’re scared. From Wordnik.com. [idiot-milk Diary Entry] Reference
"I have been all through it," she said; 'fluttering' sure enough, yet as much with pleasure as with timidity; not at all with fear. From Wordnik.com. [Say and Seal, Volume I] Reference
Sometimes I see the ostriches fluttering around the place. From Wordnik.com. [A Mess] Reference
Sometimes I see the ostriches fluttering around the place. From Wordnik.com. [Ioh] Reference
In the blue velvet/black sky above us, the fluttering of bats. From Wordnik.com. [Degree Zero, My Love] Reference
And that fluttering sound is sure to bring back childhood memories. From Wordnik.com. [How our money experts save money, #11 in a series] Reference
He is almost hyperactive, his hands fluttering wildly as he speaks. From Wordnik.com. [Multiple Choices] Reference
All things and beasts are fluttering about the nest and in the nest. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest] Reference
Slowly, the girl pulled back, dazed eyes under fluttering eyelashes. From Wordnik.com. [... and I liked it!] Reference
Walton voice was as soft as the moth's wings fluttering over head. From Wordnik.com. [MOTHS] Reference
"Hey, Imogene," Stephen murmured, his pink-lidded eyes fluttering open. From Wordnik.com. [‘Hotel de Dream: A New York Novel’] Reference
Birds flew out of my stomach, fluttering, choking like in that psycho movie. From Wordnik.com. [ando] Reference
Each time the music stops, she tells a story, fluttering her eyelids as she speaks. From Wordnik.com. [I Saw You Dance at Radio City] Reference
From time to time Tim'll catch his hand fluttering to the tender spot on his stomach. From Wordnik.com. [Small Potatoes] Reference
And Britton's shrewd and earthy betrayed wife is a ground wire for the whole fluttering movie. From Wordnik.com. [Getting His Irish Up] Reference
The swallow skims the topmost pastures of Cwm Croesor, fixes on a slow fluttering among ragwort. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary] Reference
The feathers mimic the fluttering action of a real bird in flight, which will drive your cat wild. From Wordnik.com. [Buy of the day] Reference
It isn't just the flags fluttering from car windows, it's the fact that drivers aren't as hostile. From Wordnik.com. [Uncertainty-And Sweetness] Reference
Teddy came out on the platform and waved, and they waved back, flags and handkerchiefs fluttering. From Wordnik.com. [Bobby's Last, Longest Day] Reference
A few weeks ago this place rang with cries and tcherrips, the sky filled with dozens of fluttering. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: The Burren, Ireland] Reference
Across the table she sits, reserved in a dark blue jacket, her short hair a fluttering black sheen. From Wordnik.com. [Pale Heart] Reference
It's a truly piratical performance: with his flamboyantly fluttering fingers he steals every scene in the movie. From Wordnik.com. [And A Bottle Of Eyeliner] Reference
“Thanks,” I said, and we exchanged tiny kisses, small birds fluttering back and forth from landing to landing. From Wordnik.com. [Warning: Mud Makes Me Horny] Reference
Depending on where you look, through the fog of IT innovation, there are either white flags or fluttering standards of resistance. From Wordnik.com. [Might Ryu Murakami's switch to the iPad signal the beginning of the end for traditional publishers?] Reference
Trucks piled high with humanitarian supplies are tailed by four-wheel-drive Pajeros and Prados sporting NGO logos on fluttering flags. From Wordnik.com. [WORSE THAN WAR] Reference
The ambient fluttering guitar marked the intro of "A Glass Can Only Spill What It Contains" another track off the album Brother, Sister. From Wordnik.com. [Melissa DAgnese: MewithoutYou Melds Musical Genres At Bowery Ballroom] Reference
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