were flickering
- past progressive of flicker.
Example Sentences
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"We started walking down eight flights of stairs. As we’re doing that, the building was shaking a bit and the lights were flickering on and off," said hotel guest, Andrew Lovato-Needham, according to Omaha's WOWT-TV.
From Fox News ● Apr. 6, 2021
His life began as the last embers of the civil rights movement were flickering out.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 8, 2020
So she sat down in the doorway and kept still, and looked out to starboard, where the marshlights were flickering more brightly than ever.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2019
In the distance, through the palms, the tiki torches of Trader Sam's, the hotel's poolside lounge, were flickering into the black sky.
From The Verge ● Aug. 16, 2017
Riddle had frozen, his face expressionless, but his eyes were flickering back and forth between each of Dumbledore’s, as though trying to catch one of them lying.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
