Fluttering can be categorized as a verb.
Verb |
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| flutter - flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements; "The seagulls fluttered overhead" | ||
| flutter - move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches" | ||
| flutter - beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated" | ||
| flutter - move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered" | ||
| flutter - wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids" | ||
Noun |
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| fluttering - the motion made by flapping up and down |
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| 1. | verb | It looks like cherry blossom-viewing season is at an end. You can see the petals fluttering down. | |
| 2. | verb | The leaves are fluttering down. | |
| 3. | verb | The curtains are fluttering in the wind. | |
| 4. | verb | Mary is fluttering her eyelashes at Tom. | |
| 5. | verb | Between two trees a rope is hanging; there is a piece of board upon it; it is a swing. Two pretty little girls, in dresses white as snow, and with long green ribbons fluttering from their hats, are sitting upon it swinging. | |
| 6. | verb | You should not mope all day in your rooms, but should come out into the green garden, and hear the birds sing with joy among the trees, and see the butterflies fluttering above the flowers, and hear the bees and insects hum, and watch the sunbeams chase the dew-drops through the rose-leaves and in the lily-cups. | |
| 7. | verb | What harm would it do if I were to go into the garden for a short time and enjoy myself among the trees and flowers, and the singing birds and fluttering butterflies and humming insects, and look at the dew-drops hiding from the sunbeams in the hearts of the roses and lilies, and wander about in the sunshine, instead of remaining all day in this room? | |
| 8. | verb | The flag is fluttering in the wind. | |
| 9. | verb | As the swallow hovered over her and brushed her cheek with its fluttering wings, the damsel started and screamed; but, seeing the swallow still fluttering near her and Daphnis laughing at her alarm, her fear vanished and she rubbed her eyes which were yet heavy with sleep. | |
| 10. | verb | The wind is blowing, and the flags are fluttering. | |
| 11. | verb | Butterflies were fluttering around us. | |
| 12. | verb | The flag on the flagpole is fluttering in the wind. | |
| 13. | verb | He makes young girls' hearts flutter. | |
| 14. | verb | A tattered flag which continues to flutter in the wind. | |
| 15. | verb | The cherry blossoms flutter down whenever the wind blows. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| It looks like cherry blossom-viewing season is at an end. You can see the petals fluttering down. | |
| The leaves are fluttering down. | |
| The curtains are fluttering in the wind. | |
| Mary is fluttering her eyelashes at Tom. | |
| Between two trees a rope is hanging; there is a piece of board upon it; it is a swing. Two pretty little girls, in dresses white as snow, and with long green ribbons fluttering from their hats, are sitting upon it swinging. | |
| You should not mope all day in your rooms, but should come out into the green garden, and hear the birds sing with joy among the trees, and see the butterflies fluttering above the flowers, and hear the bees and insects hum, and watch the sunbeams chase the dew-drops through the rose-leaves and in the lily-cups. | |
| What harm would it do if I were to go into the garden for a short time and enjoy myself among the trees and flowers, and the singing birds and fluttering butterflies and humming insects, and look at the dew-drops hiding from the sunbeams in the hearts of the roses and lilies, and wander about in the sunshine, instead of remaining all day in this room? | |
| The flag is fluttering in the wind. | |
| As the swallow hovered over her and brushed her cheek with its fluttering wings, the damsel started and screamed; but, seeing the swallow still fluttering near her and Daphnis laughing at her alarm, her fear vanished and she rubbed her eyes which were yet heavy with sleep. | |
| The wind is blowing, and the flags are fluttering. | |
| Butterflies were fluttering around us. | |
| The flag on the flagpole is fluttering in the wind. | |
| He makes young girls' hearts flutter. | |
| A tattered flag which continues to flutter in the wind. | |
| The cherry blossoms flutter down whenever the wind blows. | |