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    1. Fancy and the Flutter


    2. At the far end of the room one of the windows had been shattered and a cold and icy breeze filled the room, making what was left of old strip blinds flutter madly against the window frames


    3. that your words flutter in and out of focus


    4. He took the flutter out of the house


    5. flutter of bird life in the hedgerows, birds that Alistair cheerfully


    6. Magpies chatter in the branches of short stubby trees, swivelling greedy eyes on fresh road kill, waiting for the two men to pass, waiting impatiently for the hop, skip and intermittent flutter of fresh meat served on cold tarmacadam


    7. The air was sweet with late flowers and noisy with the flutter of birds and leaves in the warm breeze off the basin


    8. His wings stirring to a rapid flutter, he plugged his nose then made haste toward the overwhelming stench of death


    9. The objects didn’t move, flutter, or spin; they simple were


    10. A cool breeze tossed my hair into my mouth, and I heard leaves flutter

    11. She held still for several seconds, watching the flutter of his eyelids in the moonlight


    12. Aristides saw a thin sheet flutter in the wind


    13. Jeff’s voice caused her heart to flutter


    14. tattered morale of his men flutter in the wind with the “click-clack” of plastic riot shields knocking


    15. He made her heart flutter when he was so passionate and kind


    16. Hayley’s stories about Wil were enough to make Jean’s heart flutter; the vampire woman giggled and whispered things in her ear that made Terese sniff or sigh


    17. His eyes were riveted on Rita’s face which spoke of a thousand promises with the slow flutter of her long black lashes


    18. A flutter of colour on the pole and a thrill of exultation dominated each heart, as “Old Glory” was unfurled over the city


    19. There was a long breath where a breeze moved through the open landscape, causing the leaves on the ring of trees to rustle and flutter


    20. A flutter of panic swirled through her heart

    21. The thought of loosing such a precious object, so soon after finding it, made his heart flutter


    22. Raising my eyebrows, I tried to ignore the gentle flutter that was struggling to make itself felt in the pit of my stomach


    23. There was even a gentle sea breeze to flutter the leaves of his potted palms and tease her hunger with sumptuous odors


    24. With these words, the Prime Mover watched the robin flutter away into the blue sky


    25. “Why were you crying auntie? Has something gone wrong with your operation?” Lyra felt a flutter in her stomach as she asked the question, not sure whether she wanted to hear the answer or not


    26. He felt a flutter in his chest, then an itch on the side of his neck


    27. It wasn't long after, that she saw movement in the trees, and thought she had seen a Fairy flutter for cover on the edge of the forest


    28. He looked at her through a flutter of his eyes and said with a shallow, gritty voice:


    29. He was about to place her gently on the bed, when Helga waved him away with a flutter of her hands, and told him to wait


    30. He started up suddenly out of his sad reverie; did he see a flutter of eyelids?

    31. Colling felt a nervous flutter in the pit of his stomach as one of the NKVD men asked Hermann for their papers while his companions sized up the Mercedes and its passengers


    32. and the flutter of a heart could save a life


    33. She had a nice little crawl and a good flutter kick


    34. Hunter looked grim, and Cara felt a flutter of anxiety as she began scanning the area


    35. Pretty soon his little eyes started to flutter and he said, “If I don’t get up, I forfeit?”


    36. Ash smiled at the roof of the storage cell, causing Nico’s heart to flutter in ways she didn’t want it to


    37. sex creates a flutter of nervousness that is easy to enjoy


    38. As he spoke, a deafening flutter began to build from beyond the


    39. ” I said boldly and he raised an eyebrow then rolled his eyes “Why resort to such devious means? Why not flutter your pretty blue eyes at me, I’m pretty sure that’ll be just as effective


    40. Surprisingly, a flock of birds flutter on top of a blue sky

    41. shaking of her hands, and seeing them flutter like that


    42. Somewhere deep within, words flutter in his blood and he can sense the faint shadow of their meaning: First of all, be angry


    43. My wings would start to flutter


    44. A second after he saw Wolf Lochert's eyes flutter open, Buey Dan bent over him and pressed a hand to the American's mouth


    45. shorebirds that fed along the banks, which would flutter a safe


    46. catching it again when it tried to flutter away from me, I tied the


    47. hidden beneath the lazy flutter of leaves


    48. in the midday heat, I heard it flutter noisily into one of the fruit


    49. He couldn't remember when there had been such a flutter over a


    50. Hearing it sent a flutter of mixed emotions through her












































    1. A towel fluttered from a peg on the open post of the kitchen roof in the light breeze


    2. butterfly wings fluttered in their thousands over the future-distant space of Beijing


    3. Cells coalesced as notes in the song combined, water formed as notes tumbled over cosmic cliff edges, and proverbial butterfly wings fluttered in their thousands over the future-distant space of Beijing


    4. The Unicorn fluttered into the world for an instant before the nightmare broke its back upon the anvil of impossibility


    5. It fluttered above her head, cawing irritably, waiting for her to give it a perching place


    6. Restrained embraces fluttered from one to the other out of respect for my loss


    7. But first, we must find English donkeys,' he sucked the brandy from his moustache, his otter eyes fluttered closed and his voice fell to a whisper


    8. Within minutes her eyelids fluttered, her head lolled forward and, perhaps as a final gesture to who knew what, with one hand she crushed her empty cola can and melted into a deep sleep


    9. Of course, if a willing young lady fluttered her come-to-bed eyes at him he was still game, but on the whole his thoughts were crystallising into shapes that combined the simplicity of out and out lust with the complexities of mutual respect and life-long friendship


    10. One or two monsters fluttered by, maybe bats, but I kept going up and up until at last I reached the oracle and sat on a rock, quite flushed with my achievement

    11. fluttered down to roost on the parrot cage perch in her brain


    12. Of course, if a willing young lady fluttered her come-to-bed eyes at


    13. He could still see the expression on his mother's face, hands on her hips, and the apron over her huge rounded belly fluttered in the breeze as her uncle turned to face her and promised to guard 'her boy' with his life


    14. Butterflies fluttered this way and that


    15. and gaily-coloured fabrics fluttered everywhere - the


    16. sense of pride always fluttered in his stomach seeing its monuments, buildings, and


    17. Pigeons fluttered about in the foreground, and Saint


    18. Laundry fluttered in the wind, draped over clothes lines that stretched from one building to the next


    19. The mage's black robe fluttered, as did Coba's eyes


    20. She fluttered in and out of consciousness

    21. mile, and dozed off, and the pages have been fluttered by a


    22. Her eyes fluttered open for a moment and he barely heard her whisper, “I love you, too


    23. Her eyes fluttered open and she looked about her, unsure where she was


    24. Although very weak and thin, the old man’s eyes fluttered open and lit up when he saw his son


    25. His eyes fluttered open and he looked at her as if she were a stranger


    26. As the ribbon fluttered to the deck, the Elf looked at her company, “I am already so whelmed that whatever this is it cannot bring any more happiness to my heart than that which you all have showered upon me this day


    27. Finally, Carl released his grip on the spear, the light fading to a duller red, and he removed his hand from her brow as her eyes fluttered again, then opened


    28. Her heart fluttered lightly as she met his gaze, and began to pound as his hands slid up her arms in a gentle caress


    29. His eyelids fluttered open


    30. A white dove replaced the illusion and fluttered up to the bedchambers

    31. Ere twenty of “ours” had clambered over the ridge, “Old Glory” fluttered proudly on San Juan hill, the cavalry pennants were planted on the ridges to the right, and many a stricken and dying soldier raised his bleeding body to give a cheer of exultation and defiance


    32. The letter fluttered to the floor from her numb fingers


    33. Rosalie stood up leaving the strong scent of floral perfume wafting around me while her long skirt fluttered in the breeze until she held it down with her hands and walked away back to the rest of the local crowd


    34. My heart fluttered excitedly, it was right that I should accept him, he was a good, kind man and he loved me


    35. As the last vestiges of life fluttered weakly in Broshee's mind, a vision came to her


    36. Mentioning his name I blushed and the butterflies fluttered and scattered all over my body


    37. This did not waken her, she merely fluttered her eyelids, then turned her head slightly and fell into a deeper sleep


    38. even louder than Comfrey had, his heart rate reaching such a rate that it fluttered uncontrollably for a moment


    39. His heart fluttered wildly, like a tremulous bird trapped in his chest


    40. Ready to fly, the moth fluttered its wings, but hesitated when it heard a snigger from behind a nearby leaf

    41. “The sun gave them to us,” the first butterfly called as they fluttered away on a blaze of colour


    42. The moth fluttered closer, its excitement rising as through the window it saw a candle


    43. A light sea breeze wafted a bothersome strand of hair across her face and fluttered the pages


    44. and I shivered with delight as a covey of quail loudly fluttered


    45. He made a leap and his face was caught in the stream of air: his hood fluttered wildly about his neck, sweaty locks of hair caressing his face


    46. It was beautiful, his moment! Michael, transfixed, incomprehensibly baffled that he could even be there, watched as the can opened and the edge of a folded stack of US currency fluttered in the breeze!


    47. Acron fluttered closer to Belver, "We can finish off with our arrows


    48. A Fairy fluttered across the sky dragging a large sprig of Foxglove


    49. Acron fluttered to the front of the group


    50. After a while a Fairy fluttered into view; "Giselle said you had new orders for us?"














































    1. He glanced upon the girls smiling and fluttering about the room on the balls of their feet


    2. Some of the floors above that were not as safe as they once were, but thick limbs with thick green fronds fluttering in the gentle breeze shaded most of it


    3. He SHOUTS, his sleeping comrade jumps up, straightens his uniform and the pair snap to attention just as the convoy arrives, its fluttering Arababian flags indicating a royal motorcade


    4. ' In one hand I held the small jar and in the other, the fluttering robe


    5. He could smell wevn and heard nightbirds fluttering somewhere above


    6. Maggie can feel her own heart fluttering


    7. ’ But the guard wasn’t interested in the fluttering


    8. A swarm of little red dots fluttering from one rock to the next, searching in the cracks of the wall for something only their minute bug eyes could see


    9. "I am Althart," the gauntest one introduced himself, "This is Myanfyinga," he indicated the woman to Alan's left, a taller, slimmer version of Luray with long, thick, supple hair of blazing white, dressed in sheer and fluttering layers


    10. It began as a fluttering in my stomach, tingled down my spine, then warmth that built in my chest and spread to the rest of my body

    11. After leading her mare into the tiny settlement, she spotted the fluttering colors of the Legion, a pair of banners hanging in front of one of the buildings


    12. The windows behind Mars gently breezed open, the curtains fluttering


    13. “Hans! Wake up!” This time, Hans flinched, his eyes fluttering


    14. Behind these came a large phalanx of Indian lancers with their lances pointing at the sky like fingers and with their pennants gaily fluttering in the breeze their heads were covered by khaki turbans


    15. ” She had passed in and out of consciousness a number of times, her eyes fluttering open; then closing again


    16. Hayley lay completely still the entire time, her eyes fluttering occasionally though they did not open


    17. Raven felt butterflies fluttering in his stomach at the prospect of meeting Kiri properly


    18. “Of course, of course” his uncle said fluttering around


    19. Two seats along, the man whose blood still dripped from McKee’s face collapsed across the row in front of him, hands fluttering at his neck, trying to staunch the blood gushing from a torn artery


    20. Easing her aching body out of the car, Sheena walked across to the police tapes fluttering in the breeze, lifting one up

    21. The fluttering and the screaming did not help


    22. Looking back, heart fluttering wildly, Darkburst lowered his head and carefully counted the Roots


    23. Normal society is not a cult or terrorist gang where the death of a leader is much more serious and leave them fluttering around


    24. My breath came more quickly with a fluttering deep inside that had nothing at all to do with nervousness


    25. She groaned - louder this time as the sensation of his breath against the inside of her thigh brought a fluttering to her eyelids


    26. Of course, when I’d done that, contently ensconced with the blanket around my shoulders, Jane had come fluttering in, asking, “Are you sure you’re not cold?”


    27. Curling its antennae tightly, the moth finally launched itself upwards, its wings fluttering madly as it flew towards its destiny


    28. Even longer in a spin or a fluttering, falling-leaf type of state


    29. I could see the top wing of the enemy plane fluttering and vibrating, and suddenly one end was lifting


    30. Nesting curlews and magpies were crying everywhere, and green pasture by streams were dotted with young lambs and the occasional fluttering rabbit

    31. I could barely open my eyes but I could still see Steve had done a hell of a job with his teeth, as a constant turbulent flow of hot air was shot on his widely grinning face, his teeth clenched as if glued together and the skin around the mouth fluttering away as if someone was trying to slice jello with a jackhammer


    32. Acron leapt into the air, his wings fluttering wildly


    33. Ranger scurried to the side of the pond; the fluttering wings of the Fairy arrived first


    34. She stepped out, her heart fluttering with fear and breath coming in hesitant gasps


    35. A scrap, a piece of something not whole, fluttering in the wind, a few words nearly sensical


    36. Everything will be with the utmost secrecy,” said Klopfer, his hands fluttering nervously


    37. And birds in the sky, plenty, fluttering


    38. I hear fluttering, like the pages of a book blown by the wind, but there is no wind


    39. She reappeared fluttering between the other two,


    40. Best of all, the horrible ball of nervous tension that used to form in the pit of my stomach, or the heavy heart palpitations or the fluttering voice are symptoms that do not trouble me as often as they once did whenever I was in a slightly unknown situation

    41. others fluttering across the road in the early morning breeze


    42. Cloud lifted his gaze, the distant sound of fluttering reaching his


    43. She could hear Sierra’s sobs, and see the edge of her scarf fluttering in the breeze


    44. But I could do with a fluttering bird


    45. concealed in the shadows of the thin fluttering walls


    46. creature, the tails of his black coat fluttering ferociously in the


    47. time with the fluttering sensation of irritation in his duty to


    48. and fluttering the cloth curtains over the girls’ bed


    49. 2 Then Adam, when he heard the Word of God, and the fluttering of the angels whom he did not see, but only heard the sound of them with his ears, he and Eve wept, and said to the angels:


    50. Blended into those fluttering shrouds mysterious sounds could be heard that somehow











































    1. A business card flutters out of a pocket of the jacket to the floor


    2. “Now teach her Hawk Moth Flutters, leading into Maiden Weeps, followed by Right Stirrup, and finish with Crimson Sun


    3. “This is Hawk Moth Flutters,” she said as she swung the sword through the air, twisting the two swipes around her form, another defensive move that was also deadly


    4. Everyone knows how silk flutters in the wind, and as the


    5. When she pulls the door open, a moth flutters out, its white wings carrying it toward her face


    6. The moth flutters away


    7. flutters and lifts them out of my hand,


    8. 1 Then the elements of the sun, called Phoenixes and Chalkydri break into song, therefore every bird flutters with its wings, rejoicing at the giver of light, and they broke into song at the command of the Lord


    9. My heart throbs and my stomach flutters, acknowledging his proximity


    10. ” He stares at me in a different way this time, and my heart flutters

    11. 11 As an eagle stirs up her nest, flutters over her young, spreads abroad her wings, takes them, bears them on her wings:


    12. 1 Then the elements of the sun called Phoenixes and Chalkydri break into song therefore every bird flutters with its wings rejoicing at the giver of light and they broke into song at the command of the Lord


    13. On the bridge the white flag flutters, on the bridge the white flag flutters like in the song of E


    14. He is all caught up in ‘new love,’ flutters, and he thinks this is a game


    15. But best of all, we are thankful for the British flag that flutters over every outpost in the country, ensuring the blessings of peace, prosperity and religious liberty to all under its sway


    16. He will not be expecting you, so make sure Carla flutters her eyelashes and turns on her charm, he has a penchant for young girls


    17. My stomach flutters and my skin feels as if feathers are stroking the undersides of my arms


    18. A large insect with blue and green wings flutters past us and settles on a flower, then flaps away and hops to a different flower instead


    19. Alone in his thoughts he felt the first flutters of anxiety seeping into his stomach, the overwhelming sensation of panic intensified by his pounding heart


    20. Mother hurled the newspaper from the stage, and the tempestuous swirls and flutters of her cape only added to her menace

    21. That accent had caused some flutters in her stomach every time he’d answered a question but she’d just told herself it was indigestion


    22. It takes him several chapters to get back, for he doesn't go straight, being constitutionally unable to resist turning aside down the green lanes of moralizing that branch so seductively off the main road and lead him at last very far afield; and when he does arrive he is rather breathless, and flutters for some time round the impassive giant waiting to be described, jerking out little anecdotes, very pleasant little anecdotes, but quite unconnected with his patient subject, before he has got his wind and can begin


    23. " He steps so close that his breath flutters on my face


    24. Is there anything else I can say that might grease his truth revealing wheels? Our eyes connect for a moment and my stomach flutters


    25. My stomach flutters when the elevator ascends upward and again when it stops


    26. And she could hear her heart beating--if only she needn't have to hear her heart beating--it beat in little irregular beats, little flutters, and then a pause--and then a sudden _ping_--oh, the weak, weak helplessness--nothing to hold on to anywhere in all the world--even the bed hadn't an underneath--she was always dropping downwards, downwards, through it, away


    27. ” There were those flutters again


    28. Mary watches, mystified, as it flutters around the area


    29. her heart literally flutters when he's around her


    30. Underwater, this lure will look similar to an ordinary fishmeal, like a small fish that flutters in panic

    31. Her will, like the veil of her bonnet, held by a string, flutters in every wind; there is always some desire that draws her, some conventionality that restrains


    32. Something flutters through my chest as I stare back at him, that nagging feeling that I can’t read him, that I don’t know him


    33. A snatch of Scripture, read over and over after the shooting, flutters around inside his skull: The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory


    34. My stomach flutters delicately


    35. Some investors like to have set profit-taking points, say 30%; some hold on forever while others let their profits run and then jump out when they get the flutters


    36. It was a day compounded from silences of bee and flower and ocean and land, which were not silences at all, but motions, stirs, flutters, risings, fallings, each in its own time and matchless rhythm


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    Synonyms for "flutter"

    flicker flutter waver flap flapping fluttering commotion disruption disturbance hoo-ha hoo-hah hurly burly kerfuffle to-do bat flitter quiver palpitate dart fleet flit shiver shudder shake tremble quake

    "flutter" definitions

    the act of moving back and forth


    abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block


    a disorderly outburst or tumult


    the motion made by flapping up and down


    move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart


    move back and forth very rapidly


    flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements


    beat rapidly


    wink briefly