“The princes rode on richly caparisoned elephants, in gaudy howdahs, accompanied by the flutter of flags and banners of bright-colored silks.”

“For a moment, I felt a flutter of hope in my chest. Was he coming back? Did he like us after all?”

“Inside her head was a flutter of activity, as she attempted to piece together what happened.”

“Rachel might be a flutterer who'd clearly heard entirely too many romantic ballads, but she was also an excellent cook.”

“Here patches of bramble edge the path and the flutterer descends on to a leaf, where its image is captured by the throng.”

“Another porchlight flutterer with the opalesque colouring found in oyster and mussel shells.”

“A majestic theme emerges, its clarity disrupted by prickly guitars and scrambled flutterings that threaten to bury it completely.”

“The sea was each little bird's great playmate.... In their airy flutterings, they seemed to rest on the evanescent spray.”