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Example sentences for "flicked"

Lexicographically close words:
flexure; flexures; fleyed; fleyt; flick; flicker; flickered; flickering; flickerings; flickers
  1. The Viscount flicked a patch of dust from the skirts of his coat.

  2. The Viscount rose, flicked a speck from velvet coat-skirts and, crossing the orchard, swung himself astride the wall.

  3. His green eyes narrowed a little as he watched the furious face opposite; he picked up the riding-whip from the table and flicked it gently to and fro across his high boots.

  4. Lord Stair flicked a torn petal from his white sleeve.

  5. I set the scooter down next to the other one, and flicked the toggle for the air pumps, then put on the fishbowl and went about unattaching the suit from the ship.

  6. I flicked ashes in the general direction of the ashtray on Henderson's desk.

  7. Then he flicked round with an exclamation of welcome.

  8. The queer creature frowned into my smiling face and flicked the pony with his whip.

  9. She turned on her heel and strode back to the dining-room, while Peggy flicked the cap off her head, trying hard to look unconscious, and to continue her investigations as if nothing embarrassing had occurred.

  10. Rosalind gave a little sob and flicked her handkerchief across her eyes.

  11. He flicked a glance at the TV screen which showed him the smelting process, and leaped for the buttons.

  12. Albin flicked his eyes over the brown face, the stocky, stolid figure.

  13. He went to the far side of the room, flicked on the remote set, and waited for it to warm up.

  14. And with the graceful gesture of an accomplished dandy, Sir Percy flicked off a grain of dust from his immaculate Mechlin ruffles.

  15. She refused, and he lighted a cigarette and flicked the match through the archway.

  16. Not until they reached the hotel, until Chandra Lal flicked his whip and rolled away into the gloom, did either of the Englishmen speak.

  17. At the mouth of the lane a landau was waiting, and when Trent and Kerth were seated on cushioned springs, Chandra Lal flicked his whip.

  18. The sheep rancher flicked his whip at the bronchos and took firmer hold of the reins.

  19. But Archie never would have reached the horse alive had not brave Etheldene's whip not been flicked with painful force across the bull's eyes.

  20. He pretended, however, to take no notice; but just as the bull was preparing for the rush he laughed derisively, flicked Lord Glendale with the whip, and started.

  21. He flicked his long whip half saucily, half angrily, as he spoke.

  22. He cleaned his pen very carefully, placed it beside his ledger, flicked a little dust off his coatsleeve, and made his way to the manager's room.

  23. Excellent as far as the sentiment is concerned," said Browne, as he flicked the ash off his cigar and watched it drop into the water alongside.

  24. It is for that reason that I am here," resumed MacAndrew, with business-like celerity, as he flicked the ash from his cigarette.

  25. They rode an hour, along stretches of sunny highways or on shaded bridle-paths where the horses' hoofs fell muffled in brown pine-needles and drooping branches flicked their faces.

  26. A lizard scuttled up a branch, stopped, flicked its tail, puffed its body, and stared inquisitively.

  27. The M4 climbed out of a bomb crater, flicked its fantail, ducked, disappeared.

  28. Victoria, from time to time, flicked the ash from her cigarette.

  29. She re-arranged her hair and hurriedly flicked some dust from the corners of her eyes.

  30. More blips--and fist-sized chunks of rock flicked through their fragile vehicles.

  31. Then, with a little shriek of pain, she flicked the burnt wood into the river.

  32. He flicked at the flies that were worrying the horse, and did not look at her.

  33. She laughed, and flicked the reins a little vexedly, and rode on.

  34. He floated rather than galloped; his hoofs barely flicked the ground, and it seemed to Jim Perris a shameful thing to smash that mechanism.

  35. That great brute and--" Red-head darted forward, a blue clad arm flicked out.

  36. But to the Empire we trooped to sample this last offering, and it was so good, and so delightful, that it flicked the season back for a month.

  37. Like a good soldier, she had donned her brightest armor, and her muslin skirts flicked in a friendly yet business-like way against the green.

  38. Without warning, he flicked his mahout off his neck and set him precisely on the ground--the movement so quick no eye could follow his trunk as it did it.

  39. The last of the monkeys had flicked away.

  40. As Barnabas entered, however, he laid down the spoon, flicked an imaginary crumb from the table-cloth with his napkin, and bowed.

  41. And the Marquis flicked open his snuff-box and extended it towards Barnabas with a bow.

  42. Hereupon, and with many and divers bows and flicks of the napkin, the waiter proceeded to set out the articles in question, which done, he flicked himself out of the room.

  43. He flicked the horse, and as the buggy rolled away the other man walked up to Winston.

  44. Yes," said Barrington, who flicked the near horse somewhat viciously with the whip.

  45. Celino's eyes flicked toward Daoud for an instant, and then quickly away before anyone might notice that he had looked toward the doorway.

  46. Simon flicked the reins, and his palfrey started picking her way down the road into the Vallia de Campesito.

  47. As the lead point hit the paper it bore down in, flicked off the tip, and then crunched down, breaking off the point and splintering the thin, whittled wood for about an eighth of an inch.

  48. The rich and resonant voice had flicked a subsurface recollection on a faint, raw spot and now something important was swimming around in the mire of my mind trying to break loose and come clear.


  49. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "flicked" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.