flicker
Example Sentences
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"Grabham's behaviour in court never changed. He showed absolutely no emotion. Nothing flickered across his face."
From BBC
Since the blue-chip index plunged below 6600 during the depths of the 2007-09 recession, it has effectively moved in one direction on the flickering screens of Wall Street: up and to the right.
Even the flickering fluorescent light didn’t irritate him very much.
From Literature
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A slender red tongue flickered over the tiny fangs, reminding Jeremy of the lightning that had split the sky earlier that night.
From Literature
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But many of those spectators were cast into darkness for four or five minutes early on until someone put some change in the meter, the scoring screens flickered back into life and play resumed.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.