Sentence examples for lamp flickering from inspiring English sources
Many of these neo-Renaissance, bow-front-and-stoop-style brownstones are beautifully preserved; No. 331, with stained glass and a pattern of leaves above its door, even has a gas lamp flickering outside.
Light from a brass lamp flickered over his suspicious, obsequious features.
A beaded table lamp flickered while stenciled brass lanterns and strategically placed potted palms sent soft shadows dancing around the room.
Taller tabletop oil lamps flickered behind black shades, and more black shades hid the low bulbs of wall sconces.
More than 300 diyas, small ceramic lamps, flickered on tables flanking the central alter, one for every member of the audience Nov. 8 in the Princeton Chapel.
The street lamps and the white light from the arc lamps flickered on hundreds of faces which were wan and grey by anxiety.
Ceiling fans turned languidly in the midafternoon heat, and kerosene lamps flickered in the houses lining the narrow alleys at night.
Pastel-colored houses appeared freshly painted; gas lamps flickered (despite the glaring sunlight); and ornate fountains gurgled in courtyards behind wrought-iron gates.
We have to be careful". Sweet-smelling yak-butter lamps flickered before a dark photograph of the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and symbol of independence, who lives in exile in Dharmsala, India, about 900 miles to the west.
There's light!" It was a few minutes before seven last night, at the corner of Lafayette and Leonard, and indeed, noble gases were rustling audibly in glass tubes as street lamps flickered to life.
To celebrate the Hindu new year and the triumph of good over evil, the city is filled with glittering lights – tiny clay lamps flicker from every window – and fireworks fill the skies.
