A pale flicker from below showed him a ghost's face, a gaping mouth wet with saliva.

He clung there, staring down into the green depths, looking for some pale flicker of the creature.

And he saw a pale flicker of that same look now.

The air was getting warmer as they advanced toward the pale blue flicker.

There was a pale flicker across her chin.

"Their swords would have been less painful," Silvanoshei agreed with a pale flicker of a smile.

And so the pale flicker in the brush that I remembered would always be a doubtful phantom for me.

There was a pale flicker back among the trees.

Outside the window there was another pale flicker of lightning.

But quite suddenly the fire ahead gave a pale flicker and went down; and the clucking ceased.