He missed by three feet, and the butterfly flitted away.

C1 When butterflies flit, it may be part of survival tactics.

As they walked on, a bright yellow butterfly flitted overhead.

A few butterflies flitted about the field, a reminder that the end of summer, and the season, loomed.

Most likely it was a flurry of butterflies flitting back and forth through the weeds.

"What is time but an ephemeral butterfly, flitting through the dead garden of our wretched existence?"

A yellow butterfly flitted over the bushes of heather and furze.

The guests in their evening finery looked like butterflies flitting to and fro.

Try not to become a sociometric butterfly, flitting but not truly connected.

He smiled at her attempts to focus while the colorful butterflies flitted around inside the netted enclosure.