How to Use fluttering in a Sentence

fluttering

noun

• The sound of the shuffling symbol cards is soothing, like the fluttering of birds’ wings.
  — Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2022
• His voice was accompanied by the sound of dripping water and the fluttering of bats, which swirled around the ceiling and clicked in the dark.
  — Robert M. Poole, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2011
• Then the tempo slowed once more and the fluttering began to sound like chattering.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Nov. 2021
• The victim was allegedly alive the entire time, and his last breaths would cause a final fluttering of the lungs, akin to the fluttering of a bird's wings.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2022
• Another mourner laid her cheek on a coffin, stroking the polished wood with her hand amid a hush so profound that the faint fluttering of the flags could be heard.
  — Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 9 June 2022
• These butterflies require a 12-foot swath of fresh corduroy for their fluttering.
  — Sundog, Outside Online, 3 Apr. 2021
• However, the victim inevitably would have died from shock and blood loss very early on in the process, so the final fluttering of the lungs is likely poetic license.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2022
• But from the fluttering of its aluminum hood on the highway to its lack of a heated steering wheel and rear climate-control vents, the WRX quickly reminds you of its economy-car roots.
  — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 1 Nov. 2022
• This is especially true of the female, because her tawny coloration makes the fluttering of her feathers more visible.
  — National Geographic, 4 Aug. 2020
• Doctors opposed to the bills dispute that description, saying the fluttering that is detected cannot exist outside the womb.
  — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2021
• The heart complications are more likely to occur in boys and young men, the analysis found, and the most common symptoms are chest pain, shortness of breath, and the sensation of having a rapid heartbeat, a fluttering, or pounding heart.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2021
• In strong winds, occupants have reported water sloshing in toilet bowls, chandeliers swaying, and panes of glass fluttering.
  — Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2022
• Inside an empty Rod Laver Arena, the fluttering of a photographer's camera suddenly seemed all too distracting before a player served.
  — Justin Bergman, ajc, 13 Feb. 2021
• Herons, nighthawks, pelicans, doves, and owls cool themselves with gular fluttering, a frequent vibration of their throat membranes, which increases airflow and thus increases evaporation.
  — Jeff Goodell, Time, 6 July 2023

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024