Example Sentences

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Schillaci's elevated status may have flickered only briefly in the playing context but the humble striker, born into poverty in Palermo, became a towering personality when the World Cup was staged in his homeland.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2024

The CDC boasted in a recent update that, through its partnership with Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, bird flu posts have flickered across computer and smartphone screens more than 10 million times.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2024

But she is starting to be encouraged: a few streetlights have flickered on near her home and volunteers are cleaning up streets and alleys around her.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2014

Or will they be done in by the digital revolution that will soon render inadequate the projectors that have flickered and ticked with a little-changed technology for more than 120 years?

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2012

Coin’s eyes have flickered to her arm, the clock.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins