Verb (used without object) : The candle flickered in the wind and went out. ,The long grasses flickered in the wind.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : a flicker of hope.    From Dictionary.com. 

Then you pan to the motel sign and it says (in flickering neon) "No DirecTV".    From Wordnik.com.  [Stay Classy: DirecTV’s Poltergeist Commerical with Dead Heather O’Rourke | /Film] Reference

He stopped, the word flickering back and forth between Harpist in the Wind 135 two meanings in his mind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harpist in the Wind]

Tonight, though, our middleaged faces glowed in flickering candlelight and the cold reflection of new blue snow.    From Wordnik.com.  [The snow falling faintly] Reference

The guitar flickering is interesting – maybe make one of them a semi-acoustic so they show different personalities?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seven Seven Eighty Two (finished) « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog] Reference

Ads for senso-cocktails followed picotech news summaries in flickering chartreuse Mandarin characters down his sleeves.    From Wordnik.com.  [365 tomorrows » 2007 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference

Saw the flickering was the Sun rising and setting.    From Wordnik.com.  [365 tomorrows » 2010 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference

Conan danced back, broadsword flickering in snakelike thrusts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conan The Invincible]

She looked at him -- with a mad expression flickering between doubt and desire.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Case of Richard Meynell] Reference

The screen feels weird to look at right now, and I’m not sure if the flickering is because of the monitor or my eyes.    From Wordnik.com.  [2010 March « The Graveyard] Reference

You can try to catch this and restore focus to the main window but it still causes flickering, which is exceedingly unpleasant.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Code Project Latest Articles] Reference

My monitor has been kind of flickering the last half hour!.    From Wordnik.com.  [dailycomic Diary Entry] Reference

The place where we are, again, we just lost some power, but now the lights are kind of flickering back on.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2005] Reference

A kind of flickering, which vanished when he looked directly at it, but became insistent at the fringe of his vision.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Spell For Chameleon]

Only 2 concerns rarely 'flickering' screen and voracious mouse!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discussions: Message List - root] Reference

In addition, you wont have to deal with any images "flickering" on hover.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference

"When I saw my name flickering by with the headline 'Ioderm Wins Dancing With Temps Round.    From Wordnik.com.  [Front page feed] Reference

The onboard entertainment also copped a pasting thanks to a "flickering" television screen.    From Wordnik.com.  [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference

Also, I don't like the "flickering" as you enter a NoNoZone, so I'm going to see what I can do about that.    From Wordnik.com.  [AutoHotkey Community] Reference

Another new feature seen in the Cas A movie is "flickering" of the blue synchrotron emission seen on timescales of about a year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific Frontline by SFL ORG Educational News Network] Reference

It may also have added effects such as flickering and a blue glow to make it appear more like Star Wars, users on FXGuide. com said.    From Wordnik.com.  [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference

Take a dollar-store "flickering" LED candle, add an AVR ATtiny13 and a little code, and you get an LED candle that looks almost real.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily DIY] Reference

Snow show ... when the passenger turned his attention to the onboard entertainment he was dismayed with the "flickering" television screen.    From Wordnik.com.  [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference

Issues such as flickering video and cracked glass have been problematic for some users, possibly causing shipping delays for recent orders.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ars Technica] Reference

"flickering" candles - witches, on the whole, do not care about money.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

"flickering" caused by the pile-up of hot gas deep within the accretion disk that forms around a massive object.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

(faithfully to the book) as a kind of flickering candle - gives a comic twitch, it's easy to recognize the actor behind the animation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference

At the same time, Ally's creative flame was flickering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Positively On The Skids] Reference

Through the long day, the machinery of modern medicine sustained Kennedy's flickering life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bobby's Last, Longest Day] Reference

The flickering lights weren't coming from Michael's house, they were coming from La Toya's head.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dlisted - Be Very Afraid] Reference

But as a portrait of unionism's most controversial figure, it offers only flickering illumination.    From Wordnik.com.  [Not A Season To Be Jolly] Reference

Haim Goldenberg, 27, calls up a self-made program on his laptop showing a row of flickering candles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Magic: New Tricks Of The Trade] Reference

They posted videos online showing Terri seeming to respond to her mother's presence, her face flickering with glee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who Has The Right To Die?] Reference

During one of the debate preps, the lights blew, flickering on and off like a strobe light from the 1970s disco craze.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Debates] Reference

Meanwhile, dreams were downgraded to a kind of mental static, random scraps of memory flickering through the sleeping brain.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Freud Got Right] Reference