flickers
- present tense form of flicker (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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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
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
There have been flickers of improvement under German Rohl, who has won two of his first five games.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
“Put your hands up,” she says, while a classmate flickers the lights on and off.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2025
I am so flooded with shame my consciousness flickers.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
