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

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