flicker
verb (used without object)
to burn unsteadily; shine with a wavering light; blink on and off.
was flickering
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past progressiveof flicker.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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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 sea of white candles was flickering in the window.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
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
Pantalaimon was flickering from shape to shape in his agitation: dog, bird, cat, snow-white ermine.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
