flapping

 An empty carton along one side, in the grass; a label flapping in the wind.

The Bridge 2010

But, seriously, for Obama to deride anyone's experience in anything other than jaw-flapping is ridiculous.

Palin drills down in policy in high-profile speech 2010

But if wing flapping is so important, and if (according to some studies) comb and wattle size isn't, why possess the big comb and wattle at all?

Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006

Hey folks, we got to get Kenny Boy “Lips” Mehlman out there again flapping his lips at the folks.

Think Progress » Downed Powerline 2005

What life remained on the streets was completely adult: Mr. Erhard holding the lines of the town horses, great rumped and hairy footed, with red ribbon woven through the braided plugs of their tails and little silk Union Jacks flapping from the top of the hames.

The Day I Spoke for Mr. Lincoln 1979

Nothing but a curtain flapping, or a shadder, for the poor dears is sleeping like lambs. '

An Old-Fashioned Girl 1950

I looked up through the smoke of my cigarette and my eye lodged for a moment upon the burning coals, and that old fancy of the crimson flag flapping from the castle tower came into my mind, and I thought of the cavalcade of red knights riding up the side of the black rock.

Monday or Tuesday 1921

An empty tomato can lay on its side, its red label flapping in the breeze.

Prairie Flowers 1921

With some skin flapping and the blood gushing, I realized that a simple Band-Aid wouldn’t suffice.

Good fortune soup for the New Year | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2007

With some skin flapping and the blood gushing, I realized that a simple Band-Aid wouldn’t suffice.

Archive 2007-12-01 Homesick Texan 2007