flickering
Example Sentences
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The set is led by Richter’s 1982 “Candle,” a pensive view of a white, flickering candle that the house expects to sell for at least $35 million.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The narrator of “10:04” dreams of a book that, “like a poem, is neither fiction nor nonfiction, but a flickering between them.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 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
The light post was flickering on and off.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
