flicker

Take the consequential months after Darwin’s return to England in October 1836 after his nearly five-year voyage around the world on HMS Beagle, when his theory of evolution was a flicker in his mind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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

Their pages don’t flicker with pop-up ads or interrupt one book to tell you about others you might want to read.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

Nevertheless, Europe is benefiting from a flicker of activity in the defence sector, notably with the stock market debut in Amsterdam of Czech arms giant CSG, at $4.47 billion, the third-largest deal worldwide since January.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Sitting on the bed, I watched the uneasy flicker of streetlamps dance across the window.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

It flickers a bit as she realizes that the Robin to whom she was so close—she raised him herself; his father was just a one-night fling—had a more complicated life than she knew of.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

On the corner of another table, the flame from a candle flickers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 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

As we go under bridges and pull through stations the light flickers and Carmine makes a shadow game of moving his hand across my white pinafore.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

When we reached the top, the mighty falls thundering above us, triumph flickered across her face.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

As lights flickered on along the passageways, I followed my guide further inside.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

In one recording of a WhatsApp video call seen by AFP, the scammer, appearing lifelike as the prince, flickered on the screen.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

Families, in their various flavors, have been essential to television since that light first flickered on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026

Movement flickered in the attic window, snagging his gaze.

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

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 world watched as Bad Bunny and his dancers performed on top of utility poles, accompanied by sparks and flickering power lines across the stage.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

Build a driveshaft for the second season, which was growing from a flickering hope to an alarming likelihood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

At its center, a flickering candle was the only source of light.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock