Example Sentences

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The lightbulb that had been flickering for more than a decade finally and forever switched on.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2022

The software had been flickering out since 2017, when Adobe announced it would discontinue Flash with three and a half years’ warning.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2021

The power had been flickering on and off, and Meneshian knew that meant it was time to go.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2019

A candle had been flickering in her mother’s chamber, but her great carved bed was empty beneath its dusty canopy.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Kennedy had already been intently looking at the Welsbach burner overhead, which had been flickering incessantly.

From The Dream Doctor by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)