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were fluttering
noun
The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
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Her eyes were fluttering behind her eyelids.
Wet yellow leaves were fluttering against the room's darkening windows.
They were fluttering around in a circle that had been formed by the other healthy birds.
The flags were fluttering from the lampposts all the way up Walsall Road yesterday.
Tiny wild parrots were fluttering up in the live-oak foliage and chittering away.
Bats were fluttering in and out of the mine, and in some cases crawling on the ground.
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Receive back your liberty and the Republic; take over the army and the subject provinces, and govern yourself as has been your wont". The senatorial dovecotes were fluttered.
A new flag is fluttering over Broadway.
Something was fluttering and streaking by above their heads.
We've been fluttering our inner feathers ever since.
Palpitations can feel like the heart is fluttering, throbbing, flip-flopping, murmuring, or pounding.
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