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 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

An Angels game, now in the late innings, was flickering on the television.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2021

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

A green light was flickering in his bulging eyes.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien