1.   As he pretended to watch a soap opera in Urdu on the flickering television set, a man raced downstairs to the basement restroom.

2.   For now, the artwork sits on a table in the small living room, obscuring the fireplace and vying for attention with the flickering television.

3.   My eyes took in the flickering television screen, the Christmas presents on the table, the roll of wrapping paper.

4.   The canvas tents of once quiet campgrounds have given way to seas of fiberglass, flickering televisions, and ringing telephones.

5.   The only intrusions from the outside world are a car radio tuned to a local station and a tiny flickering television in the general store.