flick

Example Sentences

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Circling back to the 1960 Sturges movie, near the end of the flick a character remarks that the Magnificent Seven gunslingers were “like the wind, blowing over the land and passing on.”

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

His flick on to Jones for his first score against England, this his impromptu burst down the short side, his footwork and his chip ahead for the Ben White try.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Their idea more closely resembled an indie dramedy than an epic action flick.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

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.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

He didn’t look back, though Lexie thought she saw his eyes flick to the rearview mirror, just once, before he turned the corner.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng