flicker
verb (used without object)
to burn unsteadily; shine with a wavering light; blink on and off.
is flickering
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present progressiveof flicker (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Europe may position itself as a beacon of human rights, but that light is flickering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
"The worst time for me is when we're driving in the autumn and the sun is low and the sun is flickering through the trees...it really aggravates," says Dr Munro.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
If the light source flickers above a person's threshold, they will not be able to see that it is flickering, and instead see the light as steady.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2024
You are drawn to the TV screen if anything is flickering across it, regardless of what else you must do in that very moment.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2019
Apples and Ending and fist over hand and Ben and Julie and Beaut, Todd? and the generator is flickering and rags and shut up, just shut up and Look at me, boy.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
