flicker

Example Sentences

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The flickering light from the screen bounced off his face.

From Literature

And then, out of the corner of my eyes, in a doorway halfway down the block I think I see the quickest flicker of movement.

From Literature

Bevis stays glued for hours at a time to one 49-inch monitor flickering with stock charts and another screen with a constant stream of headlines.

From The Wall Street Journal

Edgar Calel’s dimly lighted installation, in which stones and plant matter dangle over vessels that hold flickering, electronic flames, transports us to a contemplative gnostic ritual.

From The Wall Street Journal

"As the visible light began to flicker and dim, the infrared light spiked. Which could mean that the material blocking the star is hot -- so hot that it's glowing in the infrared."

From Science Daily