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Synonyms for flickering
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : flik-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈflɪk ər |
Définition of flickering
Origin :- 1849, "wavering, unsteady light or flame;" 1857 as "a flickering," from flicker (v.).
- adj shining unsteadily
- "And you, too," he added, flickering a glance at Miss Georgie.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- The familiar horse appeared in the flickering circle of light.
- Extract from : « Polly of Lady Gay Cottage » by Emma C. Dowd
- Gone was the brambled waste, gone the flickering tangle of woodland.
- Extract from : « The Golden Age » by Kenneth Grahame
- The paper that hung in his hand had touched the flickering peat.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- Nelly caught it up and held it on the breezy side of the flickering match.
- Extract from : « Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon » by Hall Caine
- She held the flickering flame closer, and saw that she was dead!
- Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- It fell to the floor, to gleam dully in the flickering light of the fire.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
- The night lamps are dull and flickering and the stranger is a mere shadow.
- Extract from : « A War-Time Wooing » by Charles King
- Through the flickering light he could see the passages Tessibel had marked.
- Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
- Centuries of history are involved in its flickering shadows.
- Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
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