flickered
past simple and past participle offlicker
flicker
verb
uk/ˈflɪk.ər/us/ˈflɪk.ɚ/[I]
toshinewith alightthat is sometimesbrightand sometimesweak:
Ifeltacolddraftand thecandlestartedto flicker.
[IorT]
toappearfor ashorttimeor to make asuddenmovement:
Asmileflickeredacrossherface.
He'd been in acomaforweeks, when all of asuddenhe flickered aneyelid.
Giving out light
- afire
- albedo
- beam
- bioluminescence
- burnished
- candlelit
- flicker
- gleam
- glimmer
- glitter
- glow
- illuminate
- noctilucent
- non-glare
- non-luminous
- out-glitter
- pearlescence
- reflected ray
- shine
- wink
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Making short, sudden movements
Examplesofflickered
flickered
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
My life was tuned to his and without him, the focusflickeredout like a burnt match.
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It helps us to know the difference between a light we have turned on at the switch and a light that hasflickeredalive without our influence.
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Let us now look at the other side of this scientific medal that is beingflickeredabout before our very eyes.
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We had speeches and toasts, while the candlelightflickeredon medals and silver and on the instruments of the band playing regimental marches.
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For a moment last week, a lightflickered.
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He told me how when a lorry was driven past a house all the lights in the houseflickeredand finally went out.
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Hopes sprang eternal and lightflickeredthrough five intervening months.
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The light at the end of the tunnel hasflickeredand been extinguished.
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The torch through the ages has blazed andflickeredfrom age to age.
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Again and again we have had to admit that the signs which we believed we had seenflickeredaway, and once more we were back again in the trough.
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Again and again we have had to admit that the signs which we believed we had seen hadflickeredaway, and once more we were back again in the trough.
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The cap alsoflickeredslightly at the sides to accommodate rolls of hair.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A few moments later the televisionsflickeredand the lights went out.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A monochrome set could have reproduced the pictures, but the pictures would haveflickeredterribly.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.During the 1970s, however, the popularity and prevalence of developmentalismflickeredand decreased.
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