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Sentence Examples As Thomson relates, film began as an occult, slightly shady art, played in flickering lights often in the bad part of town. There was a sudden shaking and rumble of cannons and battering-rams and I saw flames flickering. She was grateful that she had found some candles, because the power had been flickering off and on. As we talked by the light of a flickering hurricane lamp, some soldiers knelt on a prayer mat nearby. Thousands of floating, flickering lights, rhythmically carried forward by the slowly moving waters of the holy river, are an unforgettable sight. One night, four men tumbled into the stall, dimly lit by a flickering oil lamp. A few sticks of shaved wood brightened the fire, casting flickering shadows onto the cave walls. His face, shadowed by the flickering torches, was harsh and strong while he exchanged words with the Majdi around him. Moments later the flight control system came online, my HUD flickering into life. It seemed as if fountains of dust were pouring from the sky, falling gently, flickering in the sunlight. Peering north, deeper into town, Brian could see one flickering stop light at a right-angle intersection. I looked to all sides and saw the same dark immenseness sprinkled with flickering stars, planets, and other heavenly bodies. Henderson was smiling gently, but since her eyes were on the flickering candles, I couldn't tell if she sensed the strained silence. I looked at the alien sitting beside me, leaning against my arm with the flickering light of the Active FlatLine screen strobing across her face. The therapist had placed a couple of flickering tea lights on top of her mid-century Scandi coffee table. Most of the circuits were in parallel, so one tube flickering caused the others in that circuit to pulse in antiphase. Flipping a lighter, Peter lit the crumpled sheet and watched the flickering ball of fire slowly turn to a cinder in his hand. Their vehemence left him with a hunted air, his eyes flickering here and there, looking for escape. Ornate sconces lined the walls, bringing the hall into flickering illumination. The two of them found themselves in a cavernous hall, dimly lit by wall sconces that emitted a flickering orange glow. Show More Sentences Creoles speak of a phantom pirate ship seen at night, lit by flickering lanterns. These early studies were limited by problems such as flickering phosphenes and interactions between phosphenes. And we walked through churchyards at night, coming upon little patches of graves that were lit by flickering candles. Hunter turned off the flashlight and tried to accustom his eyes to the flickering light of the fire behind him. The only light inside came from a flickering computer screen and the winking of a fax machine. The intertwining branches cast many flickering shadows on the floor of the forest, as the ground itself was etched in Indian ink. In the flickering shadows, she glimpsed the boy curled up feebly in the corner. What inadequate lighting exists is unreliable, flickering off at the most inopportune moments. But at night when we're on the sofa he sees the inscrutable stories flickering on the box in the corner. The drapes had been closed and the room was dark except for the flickering light of the dying fire. When the trainer shouts, the group runs up the stadium's terraces, sending long shadows flickering over the steps. Jake reached out a hand and stroked her cheek gently, his eyes never leaving her face, flickering in the gentle firelight. Shadows lurked beyond the flickering firelight, blending in with the darkness. Suddenly, all flashlights began flickering before going dead, plunging the girls into darkness. One night I dined outside on exquisite chilled cucumber soup and chicken tikka, in the flickering light of flaming torches. In addition, however, it has repeatedly witnessed a sky flickering with ultraviolet flares, bursts and fast-moving streaks. Torches on the walls guttered and popped, casting a dim, flickering light over the stone walls. They were seated in a square surrounding the flickering embers, and every now and then somebody would poke the fire to keep it burning. The cracking campfire threw warm, dancing light over everything, shadows flickering at the edges. The clouds of gas swirled and mixed as their electrons changed polarity, flickering colors that moved with the solar winds of a million suns. Show More Sentences Tall metal stacks that rose above the trees were crowned by flickering flames of natural gas being burned off at several pumping stations. They faced each other, the flickering light casting eerie shadows and throwing their faces into sharp relief. There, in the flickering firelight, she saw some formless shape join two waiting others. A scarlet glow became visible in the distance, flickering through the ethereal trees surrounding the two. But before he had a chance to say anything else, the screen began flickering and wavering erratically. In those usually confident and bright eyes, there was a flickering dart of fear and fury. She crouched on the soft sand in a cave, the light of a dying fire flickering across her tan fur. I went into the darkened drawing room and sat watching the flickering of light on the TV screen. I held in my hand a single black candle, it's flame flickering as my body disturbed the air around it. Amy entered the dining room with a lighted candle in one hand, the flame flickering in the darkness. Throughout December, the garden can be a desolate place, void of any horticultural flickering of life. Once the lights were dimmed, the view from the stage was pitch-black save for the pinpoints of candle flames flickering in the dark. Alicia had placed a group of advent candles on the windowsill and their flames were flickering merrily against the backdrop of the night. He shook off the feeling immediately and said quietly, the whole time carefully watching the emotions flickering across her face. Those gathered at the gates of Longannet witnessed the despair of many, and the anger flickering briefly across some faces. As they chattered a small striped viper squirmed on top of the map with tongue flickering from open fangs. At night the township looks like a blanket of glittering diamonds, blue and orange lights flickering. Aylmer had reached the roof again, his faint shadow flickering across the lights as he dashed along the edge. Her eyelids were flickering, as though she was coming out of sleep, but she had not quite yet gotten there. It was then that Calida spotted the flickering light of a fire radiating around the doorway to her right. Show More Sentences Teresa began to thrash around in Alistairs arms, her eyelids still flickering. The two noticed that Kari was shifting her body, and her eyelids were flickering. She joined in a conversation, her eyes flickering in the direction of the room doors. The woman smiled, her eyes flickering in Adrianna's direction and then back at the Gypsy Princess. Within the canvas, there is a makeshift altar, the flickering of candles illuminating the glister of an icon. Nothing beats the toasty comfort of a flickering blaze in the hearth while Old Man Winter rages just beyond the walls. At very low membrane tension, small fusion pores can be trapped in a flickering metastable state. We know there was a gush of wind and tongues of flame flickering over the heads of the apostles. Trees, rocks and soil had all been uprooted, and flickering tongues of flame dotted the landscape. His head rolled a little to the side, and he found himself staring into the roaring fire, captivated by the flickering golden tongues of flame. It was not the flickering orange of torchlight, but the steady bluish-white light of the evening outside. The lights were out and the only light showing was that of a small flickering torchlight. Slowly his eyes fluttered open, but the flickering torchlight that lit his cell seemed unnaturally bright. The valves and gear shafts in his mind spun faster and faster, spark plugs flickering with anticipation. Lightning sends flickering flashes through the Hall, and the thunder reaches us as a rumble of kettledrums. Dotted along the road were many little religious shrines illuminated by flickering candles and featuring nativity scenes. She was obviously enjoying the antics of the jugglers and tumblers illuminated by the flickering light. The bikes that majestically stood on either side of the stage with their sidelights flickering welcomed the gathering. One more directed push and a fire was blazing merrily, filling the wet dark cave with flickering orange light. Dark silhouettes lurched crazily in the flickering light, while the pub doors creaked and slammed threatrically in the wind. Show More Sentences Even in the foregrounds, the brushstrokes are a web of quick flickering dabs, layered, but not blended or otherwise heavily worked. The young man held up his hands to show he was unarmed, but they continued towards him, the daggers gleaming in the flickering light. And then there is the cake with its proud single candle flickering away as everyone shouts encouragement to blow the candle out. Magnus led him along the darkened wood corridor of the freight, stopping at a door with flickering yellowish light streaming out from beneath it. Beams of sunlight slanted down, flickering whenever a ripple broke the calm of the surface. In the flickering light Alex's pale hair was made flame, his alabaster skin held a rosy glow almost lifelike in its warmth. She looked over toward the living room and saw the soft flickering light from a burning fire. On the far side, lit by flickering reed torches, we were confronted by a large and completely silent crowd. Oh, to relive all those golden memories of nights spent with our eyes dazzled by flickering light, our shoes stuck to the floor. She put one hand up to the site of a flickering, ongoing headache, unrelieved by over-the-counter medications. I'd freewheeled down the hill, trees flashing past, the late summer sunlight flickering above my head. The fire was discovered when the boat's skipper went to check the generator after spotting a flickering navigation light. A dark chamber with a large oaken door at one end looks all the more malevolent in the flickering torchlight. Eagle gave a light nicker and slowed again, eyes flickering as the small train of Kathryn's gown flickered up in the breeze. Fashionable Victorians flocked to promenade through this new underwater marvel, an amazing twin-bore arched corridor lit by flickering gaslight. The story is largely seen in flickering circles of light and specific scenes are tinted using intense bubblegum pink and steely blue. Fifty years ago only a few flickering gas lamps lighted the most traveled thoroughfares. I can only make out a shadow since everything is dark, and the room is splashed with alternating flickering colors. Candles, both large and small, tapered, pillar or votives all generate a warm, inviting, flickering light to the room. The flickering soft light I had seen through the window came from a gasolier that hung over the table. Show More Sentences Their black satin pants and jackets gleam in the sun, starbursts of acrylic colour flickering down each arm. The accent, at least, is familiar, a deep Liverpudlian growl with the hint of a chuckle flickering around its edge. I feel safe, gathered in, with the song covering us like a prayer shawl and the Shabbos candles flickering on the sideboard. Ringing bells, whirring motors and flickering lights assailed the senses as one entered the darkened gallery from the street. The lights were flickering on and off, and I was seeing double. The ceiling wavered and shimmered, flickering in and out of clarity. As soon as Lana flipped on the switch, letting the weak light of a flickering lamp in the corner just barely illuminate the small room, Olivia let out a small gasp of shock. A flickering light bounced weakly on the tiled brick of the sewer walls. Sink into an Adirondack chair on your private deck overlooking the snow-capped peaks of Oregon's Cascades or cuddle up beside the flickering gas-fired stone hearth. So placed, the light sculpture's flickering luminosity seems to both recall an earlier contemplation and act as new illumination to a newer generation. The pool hall was smoky and lit only by a few flickering light bulbs. The horizon lights up all around you, flickering and pulsating, white, blue and green hues of light, constantly moving up and down, changing shape. Dusty paths lined with flickering orange lanterns led us to our final camp, a slice of dramatic Arabian luxury. For these boys, the man leans in and shines a flickering red light in their faces. We spent the evening there, in her small attic room with rain drumming a staccato tattoo on the roof above and a small fire flickering in the grate. From the flickering, uncertain light of the wall sconce, she could only see that he was tall and dark-haired, dressed in dusty but well-made traveling clothes. The steering handles jerked out of his grips, and he went into a sharp turn, then did a barrel roll, the laser whiskers flickering to life without any action on his part. That was six years ago and now, her hands flickering across the melamine table top seeking the wood beneath, she says her most recent scans have given her the all-clear. There were no bright lights flickering on and off giving you a headache. Nick's eyes burned, small flames flickering within his pupils. Show More Sentences By the time she got him to the side of the road, flames were flickering. The figures of the guitarists are immobile, and so inscrutable are their veiled faces that almost the only stage movement is their hands flickering across the fretboards. Before he left, he gave me a quick wink, his eyelid barely flickering. She slowly fell back into Trev's arms, her eyelids flickering gently. I snuck out of my family's rented cottage one hot August night and wandered until I happened upon a scene lit by flickering tiki torches and glowing citronella sticks. The uneven depth of colour, as in all these works, adds a flickering dimension to the work, form flexing in and out of light like a half-grasped memory. The form of the majestic eagle grew dim, flickering blurrily, until superimposed upon it appeared the image of a noble, high-browed elf with hair of dark umber. The sounds of clinking glasses, shouting voices with the undertones of murmuring conversation, and the flickering of flame radiated from the mucky place. One of the movie's indelible motifs is the sight of viewers huddled together around a television set, eyes glazed over, happily narcotized by the flickering images. I saw a flickering light and smelt the burning smoke of candle. Recriminations will be many, various and, in some quarters, unsparing after flickering hopes of reaching the World Cup play-offs were extinguished by Belarus. One of the last things that registered on Dave's perception as his vision faded was a flickering black nimbus of energy limning the creature's form. My sister, indolent and unimaginative as she was, had visions of endless touch-typing speed trials supervised by austere women under flickering striplights. Brazelton hooked newborn babies up to electroencephalographs and then exposed them to a flickering light source similar to a television but with no images. The random noise was something like a randomly flickering halogen lamp. The Christmas tree is decorated with coloured lights because they remind us of the stars flickering through the branches on a cold starry winter night. He was waiting, candles burning, flickering on the beautifully set table. Far into the distance curved the line of flickering gas-lamps, and outside a little walled-in house stood a solitary hansom, the driver asleep inside. She looked across at him through the dim light of the flickering oil lamp. The light coming from rectangular panels set along the ceiling and walls was bright and even, with none of the flickering or smoking so characteristic of oil or wood. Show More Sentences I could just release my emotions to marijuana every single night, at home, right in front of the idiot box, and let its flickering pixels entertain me, but would I regret it? The flickering shadows and darting phantasms on the walls reminded me exactly of some sights I once encountered in a cave in Spain, filled with art. Their dreary humor seemed perfectly suited to the auditorium, with its frayed orange carpeting and comfortless chairs and flickering fluorescent lights. Everything was flickering in the gentle firelight as the fire gently died. The previous unattractive ambience was immediately replaced by dazzling lights, flickering flash lamps, heart stirring music, applause and admiring looks. Kumma was poking at the fire with a stick, his eyes flickering the blaze. At the other end of the corridor the jailer sits, leaning his chair against the wall and watching a Scottish costume drama on a small, flickering television. The blasts cudgeled the black ship, smashing it back and forth like a ball tossed between hands as the shields sputtered, flaming and flickering in tortured protest. Over a frugal meal and by flickering candlelight, they discussed matters. You leave the cliffs and promontories and blue sea gulfs behind, and corkscrew inland, past the roadside shrines with their solitary icons and flickering candles. Will watched the diamonds on the tiara glimmer in the flickering light. The star was indeed flickering, pulsating with a dying glow. Some are just attractive domes with openings to hold the lamp so that only the slight flickering can be seen while the dome protects it from wind. My flickering flashlight swung across a bank of overhead stowage. We wind through savanna, bush, forest and coconut palm groves intertwined with flickering flame trees and shining bougainvillea. He gazed at the flowers and the flickering candles, clearly moved. He came back from death, not as a spooky, Star Warsy, flickering, ghostly image but in real flesh and blood. Jerzy watched the two of them, coming to Agreement over the flickering tendrils of spellfire, and felt something twist in his gut. Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame. He would say he had seen flickering lights and images of fetch candle, which, in Pembrokeshire, were portents of death. Show More Sentences Even the Stalker Grike has resurfaced, with vague memories of Hester flickering through his brain. She found him lying in the longgrass of the meadow, staring at the night sky filled with the flickering brightness of ten thousand souls. It is difficult now to imagine the enchantment of a world of steady, abundant light after centuries of flickering candles and smoky gasoliers. We were contemplating Urd Werdande Skuld of 1983, which shows a vast, vaulted passageway receding into an abyss, a fire flickering at its centre. I can't even say I saw the thing. It was more of a peripheral flickering, a twitch along the nerveways, a barely perceptible awareness of something over by the parking garage. We continued northwest, the grass tall with scattered thick motts of oak and the mesquites with their flickering leaves and the yuccas in bloom with their white flowers. Leigh's romantic relationship with Finch began in 1948, and waxed and waned for several years, ultimately flickering out as her mental condition deteriorated. The TV inside the box was on, flickering shadows on the egg-crated walls. On one of the Velpin's screens, a flickering outline appeared around one of the abandoned ships littering the carbuncularly irregular outer hull of the Sepulcraft. The Pakehas cower in a room full of flickering firelight as the Maoris attack, breaching the wall, bellowing war cries, and surging terrifyingly into the house. Examples from Classical Literature A lamp was burning on a wall-shelf, but its flickering flame barely threw a glow above the top of the opaquely smoked chimney. He could see an irregular flickering, like a cigarette lighter, in the Message Center Room. And OMA looked into the embers, and she too saw the flickering spirits of the things to be. Daoud saw the flickering glow of heat lightning through the thick leaded-glass window behind the podesta. His shoulders and back gleamed ivory-white, dusked flickering here and there with leaf-shadows. But snow-blind men can see in the darkness, and he discovered that he was lying on his back in a room where a fire was flickering. He sat crouched over the flickering fire, saying nothing, letting Ancrum soliloquise as he pleased. It had stopped snowing, and the northern lights were flickering in the sky. He was Latino, good looking, like a movie star, bronze skin flickering with copper highlights from the fire. The wax-candles of the candelabrum in front of her were flickering in the wind. Beyond the circle of light produced by the flickering flame of the watch fire all was buried in dense gloom. Then the dim, flickering light and the incense of the tobacco accomplished their transmogrification. The argil lamps, suspended below these images, shed a flickering light. Gone was the brambled waste, gone the flickering tangle of woodland. War rages yet with the audacious Boythorn, though at uncertain intervals, and now hotly, and now coolly, flickering like an unsteady fire. One of the men there, a reservist he said he was, told my brother he had seen the heliograph flickering in the west. Broad, low tables were scattered about, which bristled with retorts, test-tubes, and little Bunsen lamps, with their blue flickering flames. The flickering rays of the 'armor' nut just served to reveal their savage lineaments, without dispelling the darkness that hovered about them. The familiar horse appeared in the flickering circle of light. The paper that hung in his hand had touched the flickering peat. Show More Sentences Nelly caught it up and held it on the breezy side of the flickering match. Damon, as he caught sight of Tom and Ned in the flickering light of the smudge fire between the two canvas shelters. The flickering light was blinding and confusing, and a thin hail smote gustily at my face as I drove down the slope. A snarl of disgust, a toggle switch snapped, a flickering teevie screen. Fire burst from its mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame. So much I saw then, all vaguely for the flickering of the lightning, in blinding highlights and dense black shadows. Again, after a blank moment, there would be a flickering taper-gleam in his eyeballs. At last he got up cautiously, on his knees, and went searching among the grass and the flickering reflections flung by the camp-fire. The castle was theirs, and the roaring flames were spurting through the windows and flickering high above the turrets on two sides of the quadrangle. Then, a flickering streak played behind the architecture of the front, picking out transparent places, and showing where balustrades, arches, and windows were. As for sounds, there was the steady drone of the snorers and a small occasional noise, a flickering or pecking that I could in no way account for. One cold winter morning, as he dressed in the dark, his candle flickering in the draught of the ill-fitting window, he had heard her speak from the bed behind him. She wondered if he could hear the baby's heartbeat flickering under her skin, like a trapped moth beating its wings senselessly as it tried to get out. Its dark front presented no marked architectural character, and in the flickering light of a street lamp it looked a little as though it had gone down in the world. Find more words! 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