flickery

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flickery
Adjective
  • The film opens on one such unexplained conflict, setting the tone for the volatile, irregular behavior that ensues.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The pilot follows an offbeat Fresno diner where an ex-party girl, a volatile chef, and an oddball busboy contend with ghost pirates, volcanoes, and the minor inconvenience of dying.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Aside from the ingenious creation of Moretti and his occasionally unpredictable behavior, the film fails at creating interesting characters, deploying suspense, and even delivering some cheap thrills.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
  • And is the finale as unpredictable as the footage leads us to believe?
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Hers is the kind of face that inspires directors to tight framing — gleaming, as if smoothed from marble, and yet somehow pliant, changeful.
    Jordan Kisner Jack Davison, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Rigorous, blustery winter; winding sleety spring; hot, moist enervating summer; changeful autumn with its dog-days; these are absolutely unknown.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • Some predict that if economic and political conditions remain unstable, gold could continue to rise.
    Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 1 Feb. 2025
  • One possibility is that unstable cholesterol levels could contribute to damage in blood vessels that supply the brain.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The police asked him about what appeared to be cuts on his right hand, and Mr. Cady gave inconsistent explanations, the authorities said.
    Simon J. Levien, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Normally, going back in time introduces all sorts of nasty paradoxes, like the infamous grandfather paradox, or, less violently, inconsistent histories.
    Paul Sutter, Space.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • And Kieran Culkin is the highlight of the piece, absolutely terrific in a mercurial and emotional role, and the Golden Globe winner and Screen Actors Guild nominee is the clear favorite to win best supporting actor.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Trump may be the most mercurial American president in decades, but embedded in that is a certain element of predictability: that nearly any long-standing international norm may well fall by the wayside.
    Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
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“Flickery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flickery. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

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