flickering

Example Sentences

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Lambert can see the impact on his team’s profits and losses flickering in real-time on his phone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 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

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 • Mar. 13, 2026

"The light would have been flickering in the stables and that can trigger horses," Williams said.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

All around him, lights are popping to life along the tents, flickering like fireflies.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern