The phrase "flicker for" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means to briefly show or display a small, quick movement or change. Example: The candle's flame flickered for a moment before it went out completely.
The SmartLites flicker for 15 hours on each charge (recharger included).
But here, you could watch the desire flicker for one moment in Marnie's eyes and then drain away.
In recent years, Chicago, Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit and Los Angeles have been swapping the high-pressure sodium bulbs in their streetlights – which produced puddles of gassy, orange-hued light, a grittily romantic flicker – for comparably cost-effective LED bulbs.
He is at a loss for words when Ben asks him his skills, but his pudgy face is shockingly scrutable — feelings like puzzlement or dismay flicker for a split second, then are quickly reabsorbed into Roman's deep pool of good cheer.
Note the relatively higher value of Perceived Average Flicker for (frame-independent) Floyd and Steinberg error diffusion halftone video.
It is predicted that the cup-burner flame ceases to flicker for gravitational forces corresponding to less than 0.5g.
Jordan Ayew showed one or two flickers for them but that was about it.
With 11 weeks remaining in the regular season, hope still flickers for the Blue Shirts.
Thirty years ago, when the lights flickered for a moment, hardly anyone noticed.
Her legendary white heat flickers for a moment, then just as quickly dwindles to gray embers of disdain.
Still, we keep a novena candle flickering for being bold and putting a stake in the ground for what we believe in.
