as in darted
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements
a dragonfly flickering above the salt marsh
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Recent Examples of flickered
Candlelight flickered against vibrant tanzanite, sky blue topaz and canary yellow diamonds on Tuesday night at Sunset Tower Hotel, where Pomellato gathered brand ambassadors and celebrity stylists to mark the reopening of its Beverly Hills flagship, unveiled in October.
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Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
Officers captured the scene using a drone, which showed the man balancing on the unicycle as flames flickered just feet from passing vehicles.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 8 Feb. 2026
In the early 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union, electricity in Yerevan flickered for as little as an hour a day.
—Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
The lights went low and flickered, while the lights and the heat in a media center nearby went out, according to the Associated Press.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Feb. 2026
In reality, whatever magic had briefly flickered tended to vanish just as quickly.
—Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Streetlights flickered before large parts of the city were plunged into darkness, as a thick fog settled over the streets and temperatures plummeted to –5 degrees Celsius (23 degrees Fahrenheit).
—Kosta Gak, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
By early Sunday afternoon, power was restored to parts of the Richmond District, drawing cheers from residents when lights flickered back on.
—Da Lin, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
The prospect of a white-knight music fan riding in to save the day seems to have flickered and faded.
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
Officers captured the scene using a drone, which showed the man balancing on the unicycle as flames flickered just feet from passing vehicles.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 8 Feb. 2026
In the early 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union, electricity in Yerevan flickered for as little as an hour a day.
—Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
The lights went low and flickered, while the lights and the heat in a media center nearby went out, according to the Associated Press.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Feb. 2026
In reality, whatever magic had briefly flickered tended to vanish just as quickly.
—Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Streetlights flickered before large parts of the city were plunged into darkness, as a thick fog settled over the streets and temperatures plummeted to –5 degrees Celsius (23 degrees Fahrenheit).
—Kosta Gak, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
By early Sunday afternoon, power was restored to parts of the Richmond District, drawing cheers from residents when lights flickered back on.
—Da Lin, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
The prospect of a white-knight music fan riding in to save the day seems to have flickered and faded.
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flickered
Verb
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MacKinnon ran a three-man weave high with Toews and Cale Makar, then darted toward the net with Toews making a parallel cut to receive the puck for a go-ahead goal.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Quite quickly after the judges picked a winner in the Quickfire Challenge, crews darted in to clean up the makeshift kitchen stacked with Bosch appliances and aluminum tables serving as workspaces.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Feb. 2026
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McCarthyite revivalism has flitted around the edges of American conservatism since the senator fell from grace during his conspiratorial anti-Communist campaign in the 1950s.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
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Passengers swapped T-shirts with sweaters as the train gathered speed, and the plains around Bologna flitted by the window.—
Vic O'Sullivan,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Mar. 2026
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As his hair fluttered in the jet stream created by his flight path, three of his Minnesota Timberwolves teammates were left in his dust.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Her eyes fluttered open then closed.—
Jayme Fraser,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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From the opening kick-off, Dewsbury-Hall had flicked the ball up and volleyed it high downfield, forcing Burnley defender Joe Worrall into an early clearance.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Carranza flicked on a header for an assist Jason Jason Moreno chipped the goalkeeper to finish the play.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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With no particular name assigned to it, the robot walked on to the stage and danced with a group of performers, drawing admiration and applause from the crowd.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Mar. 2026
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The crowd danced, waved flags, and voiced their support for democracy in the country they were forced to leave decades ago.—
Da Lin,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Flickered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flickered. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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