Sentence examples for was a fluttering from inspiring English sources

"It was bad luck that Oliver Kahn made this mistake leading to the 0-1, but it was a fluttering ball by Rivaldo and the ball was slippery".

In a 1999 La Mirada Theatre production of D.L. Coburn's tragicomic "The Gin Game," the Los Angeles Times said Mercer was "a fluttering, twittering delight" as a gin rummy novice at a run-down nursing home who aggravates Ralph Waite's character with a miraculous winning streak.

Right now we are trying to repair the image of Nigeria and someone else is passing the wrong message out". Twitter was a-flutter with similar messages, reflecting the battle over who dictates the image of the new Africa.

But she did, he drove over to her place, and within moments the air was a-flutter with bluebirds of happiness and Mary's coy assurance that this time it was mature love, not adolescent infatuation.

As all of New York is a-flutter with the beginning of New York Fashion Week, one of the original New York "housewives," Jill Zarin, is all a-flutter in St .Petersburg, Florida.

Actually maybe it's just that my heart is a-flutter and a-boom-boom and a-little-bit-caffeine-high because….

There was a flutter of astonished voices: You can't be serious!

There was a flutter of hope Friday afternoon in women's weight lifting.

The audience was made up mostly of HUD employees; in Beltway fashion, there was a flutter of excitement when Ray LaHood, the Secretary of Transportation, entered the room.

There was a flutter of controversy after the ad aired, from people with anxieties about hearing languages other than English in the streets.

There was a flutter of voices, and almost before you could say 'Light Programme' there was Mr Younger with his guitar.