The phrase "a small flicker of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a brief or faint indication of something, often related to emotions or thoughts.
Example: "As she spoke, I noticed a small flicker of doubt in her eyes."
Alternatives: "a brief glimpse of" or "a faint spark of".
There is very little in the way of redemption in Mr. Havazelet's vision of subtly but irrevocably afflicted lives, only a small flicker of possible understanding between David and Rachel near the end.
A small flicker of hope remains in the possibility of a peace agreement between Israel and Syria before the July withdrawal date, which would enable Israel to negotiate the terms for withdrawal with Lebanon.
The way he sees it, palliative psilocybin could assuage the psychological weight that comes with a terminal diagnosis, and give a small flicker of hope to those who might otherwise want to "short-circuit" the process of dying.
The small flicker of optimism is that they remain united on cutting the deficit.
But the small flicker of optimism was that the Lib Dems and the Conservatives had remained united on cutting the deficit.
O'Shea had no radar, but he had a navigational system with a small flickering display that signalled the location of the shore and the depth of the sea.
What were initially small flickers of insects in the spotlight beam become a whipping cloud, then a full-on, whiteout blizzard.
There were small flickers of conciliation today: at Holy Cross school, Father Aidan Troy, a Roman Catholic priest, and a Presbyterian minister, Norman Hamilton, joined Catholic parents in reciting The Lord's Prayer in memory of a 16-year-old Protestant, Thomas MacDonald, who died on Tuesday when his bicycle was struck by a Catholic motorist.
The album clocks in just under 48 minutes, with nothing resembling a restful pause — but within the merciless thrash of notes, there are many small flickers of grace, often originating with Mr. Pride.
Each night that their awful voices echo to us over the marble ruins, the small flickers of hope in our hearts will wither and die.
Overshadowing it all, despite the best efforts to imply the opposite, was "the perennial British sense of danger", to which they responded by making a "fearful effort to destroy any centres of authority in India that displayed the smallest flickers of independence".
