Memories flickered like dying stars.

Meaning: This sentence describes how her memories came and went quickly.

Choice of Words: Memories are thoughts or feelings that you have about something that happened in the past. Flickered means to shine or burn unsteadily. Stars are bright objects in the sky. When you put them together, it means that her memories appeared and disappeared quickly, like stars that are about to go out.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• The lights flickered like a dying star.
• Memories flickered like flames in the darkness.
• Embers flickered like tiny stars in the darkness.
• Fireflies flickered like tiny stars in the field.
• Hope flickered, like a candle.
• Hope flickered like a candle.
• Fireflies flickered, like tiny lanterns in field.
• Fireflies flickered like tiny lanterns in the dusk.
• Fireflies flickered like tiny lanterns in the darkness.
• Hope flickered, like candle in the wind.