flitted; flitting
1
: to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another
3
: to move in an erratic fluttering manner
flit
noun
Examples of flit in a Sentence
butterflies flitting around the garden
The hummingbird flitted from flower to flower.
She was always flitting around the kitchen.
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Sarah Thwaites, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2025
By flitting between the anachronistic analog aesthetic of Lumon’s Severed Floor and the contemporary world of internet and smart phones, Severance brilliantly unfolds in a setting constantly at odds with itself.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
The show flits back and forth between the 1950s and the 1990s, when most of the 1950s artists were still very much alive.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
Since May 2021, these eyes have flitted back and forth night after night, pointing their fiber optic cables at galaxy after galaxy and collecting their light.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Flit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flit. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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