Several seconds passed, and then the monitor flickered to life.

Then the main monitor flickered to life, casting enough light to enable the captain to see what was left of the bridge and her crew.

Gomez pressed a touchpad, and the monitor to her left flickered to life.

The monitor in question flickered, and the image of what looked to Corsi to be a wounded circuit appeared.

The monitors displaying flight times flickered to fuzz when I walked by.

As the monitor flickered to life, a grainy picture of black, white and grey burst onto the screen.

The monitor that had been positioned to face the crescent of viewers now flickered as the contact was established.

The monitor flickered to life, showing a local astropolitical map.

The monitor flickered, and suddenly Will's face appeared on the screen.

Wolfe complied without a word, and above his science station three monitors flickered to life, but one of them immediately failed.