flickering

Example Sentences

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“Claude Code is one of the most broken pieces of software I’ve ever used in my entire life,” he says, citing flickering on-screen graphics, feature creep and a prodigious appetite for memory.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

In the shadow of a tumultuous year, approximately one billion people worldwide tuned in to their flickering television sets to follow the monumental journey of Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Mr. Rosenblatt allows flickering glimpses of humanity to emerge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

It requires the audience to bring their own bad vibes to shots of religious icons on the wall and long takes of Evy clacking on her laptop, unaware of a flickering light behind her.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Those sad thoughts were always flickering at the edges of Jess’s mind.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis