flickering

Example Sentences

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A few gas flares could be seen flickering from the road, but the country’s energy facilities had essentially been mothballed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

These minute works are packed with detail: Their flickering candles, flitting moths and glowering skulls appear as if they’ve been excavated from some illuminated manuscript belonging to a long-vanished medieval sect.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 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

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

I say, stepping back to study the flickering orange faces.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish