flicker
verb (used without object)
to burn unsteadily; shine with a wavering light; blink on and off.
flickering
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present participleof flicker.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Refn is so enraptured by the sight of strobes flickering across Thatcher’s mannequin-flawless features that, by the end of the film, I needed a break from her face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 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
At one point father and baby ate grass together, the big grass fronds flickering around their heads as they chomped.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
The Butterfly moved it in a quick arc, and with a speed I wouldn’t have thought possible, that flickering speck of light leaped from that lighter to the wall of the ship’s passageway and ignited.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
