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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With a plot that flits between past and present, The Notebook follows Allie (Rachel McAdams) and Noah’s (Ryan Gosling) love affair as told by Noah’s older self (James Garner) at a nursing home to his wife (the late, great Gena Rowlands) suffering from Alzheimer’s.
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Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025
The other excellent actors flit in and out as nonsensical characters: Britton plays Valerie Whitesell, Mullen's former chief of staff and lover (an insult to her, to be honest; there is a 24-year age difference between the actors).
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
Image On the site of this family home in Jeju, the buried appear to rise again, their shadows flitting over the walls; dead and absent people and birds are intermittently present, and the distinction between dead and living grows fuzzy.
—Lydia Millet, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Fleet, flitting here and there, in front of the orchestra and behind, her Puck seems to become the toh bird.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
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Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025
The other excellent actors flit in and out as nonsensical characters: Britton plays Valerie Whitesell, Mullen's former chief of staff and lover (an insult to her, to be honest; there is a 24-year age difference between the actors).
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
Image On the site of this family home in Jeju, the buried appear to rise again, their shadows flitting over the walls; dead and absent people and birds are intermittently present, and the distinction between dead and living grows fuzzy.
—Lydia Millet, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Fleet, flitting here and there, in front of the orchestra and behind, her Puck seems to become the toh bird.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for flit
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“Flit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flit. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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