Sentence examples for flicker away from inspiring English sources

The orchestra wheezes to life and curious faces from outside stare into the plate glass and then flicker away like ghosts in an old movie.

He used the microphone again only to play the flute — which he does better than most flute players in jazz, with a sound that starts strong and doesn't flicker away.

Occasionally, Miku would flicker away completely, replaced by another hologram personality.

But as soon as he hangs up his smile flickers away.

Only, if you returned his stare, as I dared to do, his eyes flickered away — flat, nerveless.

Both of those actresses had something a little cruel and predatory in them, flickering away beneath the old-lady gentility.

Do you sit with a smartphone stopwatch flickering away, perpetually trying to beat a personal best, or do you while away a long commute or a Sunday afternoon?

Mr. Buckingham said this had apparently driven the flickers away from the Discovery and prevented any similar damage to Atlantis, the shuttle on the other launching pad.

At the age of 54, T.R. was at the end of his career, and, more important, the progressive strain in the Republican Party flickered away.

At dawn, a little disoriented, I stumble out into the mountain air, blinking at the sight of hummingbirds flickering away from the flower baskets on the stoop.

The virtual teacher has arrived — flickering away on a screen on a school bus, in a bunk bed or in the shade of a beach umbrella, and turning traditional education on its head.