Example sentences for: flickering

How can you use “flickering” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The ancient Egyptians painted images of food and personal effects in their tombs, images that were to accompany the dead on their last journey, and a rich tradition of European still-life painting slips little reminders of mortality--skulls and flickering candles--among the apples and pears and peeled lemons.

  • The flickering light emanating from the small round windows gives the lake 15 reflections imitating the real moon.

  • Reporters described the "outpouring" of emotion at the makeshift shrine, mentioning the address over and over again: 20 N. Moore St., 20 N. Moore St. The accompanying videotape used close-up shots and slow pans of the not-entirely cluttered stoop; the camera lingered over the flickering flames of memorial candles and the droplets of water clinging to the flower petals.

  • There are brilliant moments--a flickering, black-and-white dream, in which they're separate and riding bicycles, is like a gorgeous home movie from the '20s unearthed from someone's basement--but the mixture of Diane Arbus freakiness and heart-tugging bathos finally feels a little cheap.

  • Tom, are flickering wraiths.


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