flick
Example Sentences
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His gaze flicked to the plates I held, one in each hand.
From Literature
He threw open the door and flicked on the lights to reveal stacks of dust-covered boxes.
From Literature
That enabled them to flick on their air-defense radars at the last moment, so U.S. pilots would have little time to react—a tactic pilots came to call a “SAMbush.”
His flicking tail was keeping perfect time to the music of the hills.
From Literature
Opal stared at me and then flicked out her tongue and wound it around her mouth, like a frog catching flies.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
