Fluttering

Examples

• Louisa, holding her hand, could feel no pulse; but kissing it, could see a slight thin thread of life in fluttering motion. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Instead of fluttering, it had composed me, to hear of the errand on which he had gone out. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The lady standing before him showed no emotion, no fluttering fear, no anxiety, no desire to end the interview. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• In the midst of these fluttering thoughts, the escort appeared, took her in, and took her away. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Twemlow, much disturbed, and with his hand fluttering about his forehead, replied: 'Quite true. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The bird came fluttering down, transfixed with the arrow. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Her heart was fluttering now, beating like a bewildered bird. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The signal of an English steamer in sight went fluttering up to the mast on the pier. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• There it is with its head on his shoulder, billing and cooing close up to his heart, with soft outstretched fluttering wings. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But the Turkish Knight was denied even the chance of achieving this by the fluttering ribbons which she dared not brush aside. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Emmy's response came fluttering up to her lips from her heart, but was scarcely heard by anybody except Captain Dobbin. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Just as I entered the front room, I heard a double knock at the street-door--a soft, fluttering, considerate little knock. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I have little right; and you, perhaps, have still less to come flourishing and fluttering into my chamber--a mere jay in borrowed plumes. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He had her in his power, as if she were a palpitating bird, a fluttering, flushing, bewildered creature. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Didn't know you had a lover, cried the girls, fluttering about Meg in a high state of curiosity and surprise. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Lily remained at home, lunching and dining alone with her aunt, who complained of flutterings of the heart, and talked icily on general topics. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.

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