flicker
verb (used without object)
to burn unsteadily; shine with a wavering light; blink on and off.
flickers
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present tense formof flicker (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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As Digger and the president peer out a window, a light flickers.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 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
Yet the most exacting enactment of Rosenzweig’s theology was private, where truth flickers in the risky traffic between souls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
The light flickers on as I lock the door behind me.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
