- present participle of flicker.
flickering
Example Sentences
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Flickering in her mind’s eye was a white fertilizer bag.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2024
Flickering lights help illuminate murals of boxers painted across the scarred walls.
From BBC • May 16, 2023
Although the film is a little too heavy-handed with the stale superhero tropes, Flickering Myth calls the movie a “fascinating blend of live-action and animation.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2020
Flickering home-movie footage from that time reveals a futuristic interior filled with screens, consoles and arrays of beeping lights: the Starship Enterprise transposed to small-town Michigan.
From The Guardian • Aug. 23, 2020
Flickering in the look Boggs gives me as he protectively wraps the blanket around my shoulders.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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