flicker
Example Sentences
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He went to the toilet, which is when he saw a flicker of orange through the frosted glass of the window.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
"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 • Mar. 11, 2026
A flicker that sharpens the sweetness and makes you reach instinctively for another square.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026
“Once in a Lifetime” is part video display and part sculpture, made of tripods, toothpicks, lights, cardboard boxes and projectors that flicker images on the gallery walls.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026
Even with his hood pulled low, she still caught that flicker of fear, the way his breath hitched when he saw her.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Vocabulary lists containing flicker
Unit 4: Powerful Openings
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"The Song of Wandering Aengus" by W.B. Yeats
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"The Song of Wandering Aengus" and "Sonnet 43," Vocabulary from the poems
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