FLICK in a Sentence
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21 example sentences for FLICK, such as:
1. His eyes flicked over toward her.
2. She flicked idly through a magazine.
3. Bartholomew flicked on the reading lamp.
4. He gave the lamp a flick with his finger.
5. Sam flicked through a magazine while he waited.
2. She flicked idly through a magazine.
3. Bartholomew flicked on the reading lamp.
4. He gave the lamp a flick with his finger.
5. Sam flicked through a magazine while he waited.
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Meanings and Examples of FLICK
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flick
n. light quick blow or touch
Classic Sentence:
1 He saw birds come and dip their heads to drink in it and then flick their wings and fly away.
2 Flick them in the face with a wet towel, and flick them hard.
3 Gabriel coloured, as if he felt he had made a mistake and, without looking at her, kicked off his goloshes and flicked actively with his muffler at his patent-leather shoes.
4 When he had flicked lustre into his shoes he stood up and pulled his waistcoat down more tightly on his plump body.
5 He started and flicked his whip, I shouted so savagely.
6 Mavra Kuzminichna flicked the dust off the clavichord and closed it, and with a deep sigh left the drawing room and locked its main door.
7 It started because she passed so close to some workmen that our fender flicked a button on one man's coat.
8 Rhett Butler removed a fine linen handkerchief from his coat pocket and idly flicked dust from his sleeve.
9 Bartholomew flicked on the reading lamp.
10 Then he flicked a grain of dust from the sleeve of his coat with a fillip.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 9: CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITEN...
Context Highlight In BOOK 9: CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITEN...
11 Sitnikov, utterly confused, looked at his coachman, but the latter was flicking his whip about the tail of the off horse.
Example Sentence:
1 That was in the days before electricity was available at the flick of a switch.
2 Bell's flick into the penalty area helped to create the goal.
3 With a deft flick of his foot, Mr Worth tripped one of the raiders up.
4 He gave the lamp a flick with his finger.
5 The striker flicked the ball into the back of the net.
6 His eyes flicked over toward her.
7 She flicked idly through a magazine.
8 Sam flicked through a magazine while he waited.
9 I idly picked up a magazine and flicked through it.
10 She turned the television on and flicked around between news programmes.