flicker
verb (used without object)
to burn unsteadily; shine with a wavering light; blink on and off.
were 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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"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
The sun had gone almost all the way down, and the streetlights were flickering, when my mother poked her head out the window to call me up for dinner.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
