flicked

Example Sentences

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"It wasn't the switch was flicked off, but there was a lot going on."

From BBC • May 15, 2026

More often, it’s a shower of lemon zest or a handful of toasted breadcrumbs, flicked over the top like confetti.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

He flicked on his high beams only to watch them bounce back as a blinding wall of light.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Atalanta levelled just after the hour mark when Mario Pasalic flicked a header into the corner from Nicola Zalewski's corner.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

With that, she flicked her braids and walked around me, right past the Bowie brothers, down Yellow Dog Road, straight toward the general store.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney