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Definition of Flickered
1. flicker [v] - See also: flicker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flickered
Literary usage of Flickered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"... that could not be suppressed, until the fierce white light of Semitic monotheism
almost flickered out amid the fuliginous exhalations of Hinduism. ..."
2. A Candid Examination of the Mutual Claims of Great-Britain, and the Colonies by Joseph Galloway (1775)
"... and flickered under its wings, and protected by its wealth and power. And as
they have ever yielded obedience to its laws, they have, whenever in danger ..."
3. Stevenson's Shrine: The Record of a Pilgrimage by Laura Stubbs (1903)
"... flickered to and fro. Overhead a huge flying fox, with outspread " batty
wings " sailed majestically. We seemed alone in the world, we four human beings ..."