A peripheral figure there, Vieira showed the odd flash of his former greatness but injuries have taken their toll.

Sometimes, he/she gets odd flashes of strange behavior and can be confused.

"I do think it's a craft that can be illuminated by odd flashes of inspiration."

I'm not brilliant but I do get the odd blinding flash and I had one now.

Tanree had an odd flash of feeling that this one had more understanding than other birds possessed.

Faith was trying to remember the role she'd played in that government assignment when she got an odd flash of deja vu.

There was an odd flash of light from the bottom, then another.

His record is completely murky, except for these odd little flashes of lightning here and there.

He has odd flashes of information, yet is ignorant of much of what we take for granted.

Aside from odd flashes of wit, the writing is pretty routine.