voltiger

C'était le printemps et les papillons voltigeaient autour des valérianes rouges.
It was spring and the butterflies fluttered around the red valerians.
Des martinets et des hirondelles voltigeaient au-dessus du lac, attrapant des insectes.
Swifts and swallows flitted over the lake, snapping up insects.
Les papillons de nuit voltigeaient autour des lanternes du jardin.
The moths were fluttering around the garden lanterns.
Les mouches voltigeaient, essayant d'esquiver chaque coup de queue du cheval.
The flies darted about, trying to dodge every flick of the horse's tail.
Des centaines d'éphémères voltigeaient autour du lac.
Hundreds of mayflies fluttered around the lake.
Les papillons voltigeaient au-dessus du jardin.
The butterflies were flapping around above the garden.
Des journaux voltigeaient sur le sol lorsqu'un train est passé par la gare.
Newspapers fluttered about on the ground as a train passed through the station.
Il y avait beaucoup de moucherons qui voltigeaient au-dessus des algues en décomposition sur la plage.
There were a lot of gnats hovering above the rotting seaweed on the beach.
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