flicker
Example Sentences
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But the performance could be improved by more emotional transparency—flickering only dimly is the sensitivity in Mat that attracts Anna.
“You have a lot of light around you,” she said, her eyes seeming unfocused as she rested her vision on a candle flickering to the left of me.
From Los Angeles Times
The flickering candle may be a whisper from the universe: Life goes on.
And then you just see a little flicker in the eye and you go, “Oh, there’s something else going on. What’s happening?”
From Los Angeles Times
Flares were let off, ticker tape flickered in the air and a stunning tifo rose from the terraces with an accompanying banner reading "For my town, for my club".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.