Flitted

Examples

• I was endeavouring to gather the loose ends of many thoughts and memories which flitted elusively through my tired and overwrought brain. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The two fugitives glided noiselessly from the house, and flitted, through the gathering shadows of evening, along by the quarters. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Adrian's countenance flitted across, tainted by death--Idris, with eyes languidly closed and livid lips, was about to slide into the wide grave. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The evil spirit of his life had flitted away again, months ago, and he had heard no more of her since. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• She flitted through the rooms, like a good spirit, dispatched from the celestial kingdom, to illumine our dark hour with alien splendour. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• When I slept, or was absent, the forms of the venerable blind father, the gentle Agatha, and the excellent Felix, flitted before me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• She has flitted away to town, with no intention of remaining there, and will soon flit hither again, to the confusion of the fashionable intelligence. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• They must have flitted about like bats. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• At the utterance of Miss Temple's name, a soft smile flitted over her grave face. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He rushed fiercely forward, and the inquirer flitted away into the darkness. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

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