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

Then he led us to a place where rows of candles were flickering.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman