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

He attempts to convince her that the gas lighting in their house, which the audience can see is flickering, is not really flickering.

From Scientific American • Sep. 19, 2023

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