was flickering
- past progressive of flicker.
Example Sentences
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The power was flickering at the Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar, and Amy Condit was on edge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2025
Grauberger said that earlier in the summer she had called at least twice to report the light was flickering, and she thought there might be a loose wire.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
A yellow alert was flickering across Medestimate’s version of SafeT, informing him he might need to handle several emergency cases tomorrow.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2022
Now it was flickering like a mirage and the landscape kept shifting around it, turning itself inside out and backwards; none of the scenery looked familiar anymore.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 26, 2016
The hair of some was flickering in the wind and they looked alive.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
