FLIT in a Sentence
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59 example sentences for FLIT, such as:
1. She flits from one dance partner to another.
2. The small birds flitted through the branches.
3. His name flitted through my mind,only to be forgotten again.
4. Laura flits about New York hailing taxis at every opportunity.
5. My soul flits away into the virgin forests and to the savannas.
2. The small birds flitted through the branches.
3. His name flitted through my mind,only to be forgotten again.
4. Laura flits about New York hailing taxis at every opportunity.
5. My soul flits away into the virgin forests and to the savannas.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of FLIT
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flit
v. fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by
Classic Sentence: (52 in 4 pages)
1 The spirits of the departed seemed to flit around and to cast a shadow, which was felt but not seen, around the head of the mourner.
2 The forms of the beloved dead flit before me, and I hasten to their arms.
3 She seemed rather an airy sprite, which, after playing its fantastic sports for a little while upon the cottage floor, would flit away with a mocking smile.
4 This effervescence made her flit with a bird-like movement, rather than walk by her mother's side.
5 As he went out into the rigorous night, I saw the lonely figure flit away before us.
6 The motions of her mind were as incalculable as the flit of a bird in the branches.
7 Watching Mrs. Kennicott flit about the kitchen she was better able to translate Kennicott himself.
8 Bats usually wheel and flit about, but this one seemed to go straight on, as if it knew where it was bound for or had some intention of its own.
9 I kept my eyes fixed on Lucy, as did Van Helsing, and we saw a spasm as of rage flit like a shadow over her face; the sharp teeth champed together.
10 You can tell her to flit, when you go up; here is the key.
11 The watchers from the plain below could see them flit from rock to rock until their figures stood out against the skyline.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
12 At times he saw shadows flit across them, and his heart began to beat.
13 Tall and black, they move slowly by, and seem in the sinister light to flit before the city like dim warning ghosts.
14 What a cackle, what a rattle, what a yaffle--as they call the woodpecker, the laughing bird that flits from tree to tree.
15 My soul flits away into the virgin forests and to the savannas.
Example Sentence:
1 Like a bee to flit from flower to flower, Rose flied from one boyfriend to the next.
2 These brightly coloured insects flit about above the surface of the water.
3 Laura flits about New York hailing taxis at every opportunity.
4 She flits from one dance partner to another.
5 His name flitted through my mind,only to be forgotten again.
6 The small birds flitted through the branches.
7 In the fading light we saw bats flitting around/about in the garden.