Flitter Example Sentences

Flitter Example Sentences

Definition:
: FLUTTER, FLICKER
: one that flits
: move quickly in an apparently random or purposeless manner
: a fluttering movement

Synonyms: dance, dart, flick, flicker, flirt, flit, flutter, zip


They will flitter away from it as fast as their air signs can take them.

She gasped in excitement as she saw bolts of lightning flitter across the sky, leaping from one bleak rain cloud to another.

We whistle, skipping to the car in a delusional, potentially ridiculous flitter.

They flitter through the sky, part magical and part mysterious.

In the ring, cameras flitter in and out of focus.

The words flitter for just a moment across the screen, but they are hard to forget.

Letters are no longer fixed in black ink on paper, but flitter on a glass surface in a rainbow of colors as fast as our eyes can blink.

Mea Culpa Example Sentences

Mea Culpa Example Sentences

Definition
: a formal acknowledgment of personal fault or error


The mayor's public mea culpa for his involvement in the scandal didn't satisfy his critics.

The magazine issued a mea culpa after they cited an incorrect statistic.

If I wanted an allowance, I needed to issue a mea culpa to my parents for my disobedient behavior.

He is working on a deeply personal book described as a kind of mea culpa to the nation, to make him seem more humane to voters.

Frazzle Example Sentences

Frazzle Example Sentences

Definition
: to put in a state of extreme physical or nervous fatigue
: a condition of fatigue or nervous exhaustion
: cause to feel completely exhausted; wear out
: fray

Synonyms: abrade, chafe, corrade, erode, fray, fret, gall, rasp, rub, wear, burnout, collapse, exhaustion, fatigue, lassitude, prostration, tiredness, weariness


He's a clever player who knows how to frazzle his opponents.

Months of overtime work have left her worn to a frazzle.

I frazzle a few hairs on my beard in the process of getting it going.

We were worn to a frazzle after our last-minute Christmas shopping.

I cannot complain when you frazzle my brain.

There he goes again coughing himself to a frazzle.

He was worn to a frazzle when he got home from work.

She worked herself to a frazzle.

The meat has been burnt to a frazzle.

We have been worn to a frazzle after innumerable battles.

He was beaten to a frazzle during the last election campaign.

I've been trailing round the shops all day and I'm absolutely worn to a frazzle.

Cooking for a crowd can frazzle even the most accomplished cook.