"A good lightning storm that would usually just leave you with a little flicker now will be able to black out a whole area."

Was the doctor reading an awful lot into one little flicker of a smile?

In a little flicker of paranoia, I wondered if she really lived somewhere else.

Though she felt little flickers of panic, her voice was calm and firm.

You sure are a sneaky little flicker, for a guy your age.

I've never had any call for it, she thought with a regretful little flicker.

"To a species, a human lifetime is a little flicker."

I called out, to disguise the fact that a little flicker of emotion had appeared.

A little flicker of something showed on the policewoman's face.

His hair was brown again, and she felt a little flicker of doubt.