flicker

A group could be deep in conversation when the puck sprang to life, producing a brief, collective flicker of delight.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

The LCD screens outside the Denver Nuggets basketball arena continue to flicker, although weeds and wolves have overrun the fast-food joints in a bit of postapocalyptic product placement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

As the sun sets on the Benfield Hill Nature Reserve, just outside Hove, a distinct green glimmer starts to flicker in the chalk grasslands.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Upstairs, children pore over schoolbooks, mothers prepare lunch and television sets flicker in cramped living rooms, all against the constant background noise of shredders whining and baling presses pounding below.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

He saw a flicker of bewilderment in the eyes of the crew.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

As Digger and the president peer out a window, a light flickers.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

It’s flickers of glory lined by decades of pain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

"No matter how difficult times are, I believe that humans always manage to find flickers of levity and deep wells of love," she said.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

Inside an underground shelter at a hospital in the Israeli city of Haifa, a television screen flickers with images of Iranian missiles as doctors and midwives deliver Sarah Bird's third child.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

Out from the White Tower they walked, as if to a funeral, out into the darkness, where the overhanging cloud was lit beneath with flickers of dull red.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

As the lights flickered back on, baptism in blackout over, one attendee quipped that the show was now, officially, "very authentic".

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

Inexplicably, the lights flickered during the groom-mother dance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

The computer made it to Pixar’s campus, flickered to life and brought Woody and Buzz back from the dead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

"Grabham's behaviour in court never changed. He showed absolutely no emotion. Nothing flickered across his face."

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026

Their whispers flickered in and out of earshot.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

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

He saw Bori’s flickering silhouette gripping the bars.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

To McKinnon, it comes down to the “tradition of humans telling a story by flickering light” harking back to prehistoric times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

The young couple in those linked stories are always accompanied by the flickering presence of their social-media apps, which seem to guide their behavior and lead them unthinkingly toward a breakup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Gingersnipes matched his trepidation, crouching at the window, her tiny ears flickering to pick up the distant noise.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman