flickering
Example Sentences
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Thankfully, there are often other cues as to the whereabouts of your fleshy foes, such as flickering lights and their awful, gurgling cries.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Inside, under flickering lights, a group of reluctant strangers is coaxed into acting out, in a converted gymnasium, a wild tale promising redemption from agonizing tragedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
He saw Bori’s flickering silhouette gripping the bars.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Absorbed students carefully threaded wires into junction boxes to make circuits connected to lights, bulbs flickering on one by one to signal a job well done.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
The moon was bright, and the flickering streetlights cast a glow on the city.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
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