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How do you use Flit in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like dart or move, plus the exact meaning.

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Flit in a sentence

Related words

Flit | Flitting | Flits | Flitted | Flitwick | Flite | Flittering | Flitter | Flitton

Flit meaning

  1. A fluttering or darting movement.
  2. A sudden departure from a property.
  3. A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state.

Synonyms of Flit

dart move hurry speed travel rapidly fleet flutter relocation motility movement motion zip

Related words

Other words often associated with Flit or its synonyms:

change fastness occurrent swiftness occurrence travel happening accumulation arrhythmia urgency state conclusion

Using Flit

  • The main meaning on this page is: A fluttering or darting movement. | A sudden departure from a property. | A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state.
  • Useful related words include: dart, move, hurry, speed.
  • In the example corpus, flit often appears in combinations such as: to flit, flit about, flit from.

Context around Flit

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 6 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 16 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

personality 1× melody 1× students 1× advertising 1×

Often after:

gets 1× saw 1× name 1×

Sentence patterns with Flit

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

asked to flit between full 1× bowman said flit would have 1× characters who flit in and 1× elusive also flit about the 1× following her flit from columbia 1× ground or flit their way 1× have the flit name blotted 1× instead to flit about by 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

bowman said flit 1× cohen 2004 p 1× crazy jane s 1× gallacher has been 1× he opts instead 1× here where fantails 1×

Common sentence endings:

a genuine pace 1× back to safety 1× by armoured car 1× in the day 1× in the woods 1× in your writing 1×

Words around Flit

Just before it in the word index:

flissi 2 fliss 2 flirty 98 flirts 24 flirting 193 flirted 75

Just after it in the word index:

flite 3 flits 7 flitted 5 flitter 2 flittering 3 flitting 19

Similar in corpus frequency:

aav 21 abdicating 21 abductor 21 abet 21 abh 21 abhorred 21

Corpus analysis for Flit

  • In this selection, "flit" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, personality, melody, students, gets, saw and name stand out and add context to how "flit" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include asked to flit between full and bowman said flit would have. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "flit" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with flit

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

You flit between the personal and the professional in your writing. (11 words)

Speaking to the Tyrone Herald following her flit from Columbia to London, Caroline explained Noora’s origins. (17 words)

Bowman said Flit would have won more easily if the race was run at a genuine pace. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

Here, where fantails (piwakawaka) often flit at head-height, Ms Shelah has underplanted a fir, tall camellias, rata and akeake with some of her favourite shade-lovers — hydrangeas, hostas, maidenhair fern ("It’s so pretty") and fuchsias. (37 words)

Cohen (2004), p. 83 According to Geisel, the wife of an advertising executive in charge of advertising Flit saw Geisel's cartoon at a hairdresser's and urged her husband to sign him. (33 words)

Then again, what else would you expect from a man who, unlike his cycling predecessor Boris Johnson, eschews travelling with the hoi polloi himself, preferring instead to flit about by armoured car? (32 words)

Question examples

Then again, what else would you expect from a man who, unlike his cycling predecessor Boris Johnson, eschews travelling with the hoi polloi himself, preferring instead to flit about by armoured car? (32 words)

Example sentences (17)

He opts instead to flit about their skies—usually in dark, and never in the same place twice.

Rogues move first, strike a lone enemy hard in melee, and then either stand their ground or flit their way back to safety.

Speaking to the Tyrone Herald following her flit from Columbia to London, Caroline explained Noora’s origins.

The narrative in this regard is so paper-thin that it’s easy to just flit right past this hollow rhetoric.

But it was a harbinger of slightly less offensive provocations to come, and proof positive that "Seinfeld" would flit around the boundaries of bad taste for the rest of its run.

Gallacher has been asked to flit between full-back and wing-back roles this season as Saints boss Craig Levein has experimented with different formations.

Here, where fantails (piwakawaka) often flit at head-height, Ms Shelah has underplanted a fir, tall camellias, rata and akeake with some of her favourite shade-lovers — hydrangeas, hostas, maidenhair fern ("It’s so pretty") and fuchsias.

Then again, what else would you expect from a man who, unlike his cycling predecessor Boris Johnson, eschews travelling with the hoi polloi himself, preferring instead to flit about by armoured car?

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Instead, the cavalcade of characters who flit in and out of David’s life all make one hell of an impact.

Rumors of an elusive also flit about the island, one that might not reflect too honorably upon any samurai that might use it.

Bowman said Flit would have won more easily if the race was run at a genuine pace.

Crazy Jane's personality Flit gets sick of the whole thing and teleports herself, Larry and Cliff "Robotman" Steel to Paraguay.

Overlapping acoustic guitars blend like plumes of smoke, and inspired snatches of melody flit by – but bursts of noise and distortion herald danger deep in the woods.

You flit between the personal and the professional in your writing.

Students flit from lecture to lecture, seen in magnificent droves throughout the hallways at key points in the day.

Cohen (2004), p. 83 According to Geisel, the wife of an advertising executive in charge of advertising Flit saw Geisel's cartoon at a hairdresser's and urged her husband to sign him.

The current prints of the film have the "Flit" name blotted out, since Paramount Pictures didn't get permission to use the trademarked name.

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Common combinations with flit

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "flit" in a sentence?
An example: "He opts instead to flit about their skies—usually in dark, and never in the same place twice." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "flit" from authentic English texts.
What does "flit" mean?
Flit means: A fluttering or darting movement.
What are synonyms of "flit"?
Common synonyms of "flit" include: dart, move, hurry, speed, travel rapidly, fleet, flutter, relocation. Plus 4 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "flit" are there?
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