How To Use Flick In A Sentence
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Haven't seen remake, so I think my perceptions of the Wenders flick were relatively uncolored by expectations of what I thought it was ‘supposed to’ be about.
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Sam flicked through a magazine while he waited.
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Flick the years of dust, to laughter and tears, love and cemented in the minds of a thick crystal amber. I wish happy new year! I wish you the new year: don't gain weight, before the person you most Qiao; money in hand, laughing in the dream.
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Instead, his dull eyes flicked disinterestedly from ice house to ice house, noting the plume of smoke drifting from each.
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It was in that moment that several emotions flickered across the young girl's face.
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There was a flicker of interest in Latham in the opening moments of the not-very-great debate - when he tackled the other unmentionable issues, Iran and the war against terror.
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With a flick of invisible fingers it sent a tiny, blood-red stone skittering across the table to Tamani.
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The only new films on the coasts today are art house flicks.
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Depardieu's flick-knife is stuck in his stomach, and the dying man's description of his attacker is pointedly applicable to Depardieu.
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“You’re right,” she said, regretting having lobbied so hard for what was described as the feel-good chick flick of the year.
The Owl and Moon Cafe
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Upon these interjections, placable flicks of the lionly tail addressed to Britannia the Ruler, who expected him in some mildish way to lash terga cauda in retiring, Sir Willoughby Patterne passed from a land of alien manners; and ever after he spoke of America respectfully and pensively, with a tail tucked in, as it were.
The Egoist
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He groped about for some answer that could be phrased in their language, letting his mind flicker from the modern electronic gadgets back to the old-time tide predicter.
The Sky Is Falling
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When you're that kind of player, it must be so fun to play against no-marks who fall for every stepover, trick, flick and shimmy.
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Bewildered, I watch her eyes flicker with the memory of sudden shock and amazement.
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They all looked so authoritative when flicking their wands to dismiss boggarts, poltergeists and other pests.
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My sister, indolent and unimaginative as she was, had visions of endless touch-typing speed trials supervised by austere women under flickering striplights.
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There are direct and mechanical effects, such as flicking a light switch that directly links two pieces of metal, and a light goes on immediately.
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Overhead, lightning flickered frequently as the static electricity accumulating in the ash cloud discharged.
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The flicker produced by fluorescent lamps is a result of the pulsing of the arc within the lamp.
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The tiny, flickery viewscreen from a public matterfax at the Sont Mikaal gate station, with its scratched plastic case and the smudged dust of a dozen systems.
365 tomorrows » 2008 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
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The fact that flickers did not defend feeding territories suggests that characteristics of their prey make it uneconomical to monopolize.
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Danlo looked through the flickering red fires up at the circle of skulls.
The Broken God
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Green and white lights flickered all up the sides of the hall.
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The tiny beam of light flickered over the telephone - and back.
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He had his back to goal and flicked his volley into the corner.
The Sun
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My eyelids flickered open and revealed Jack on a chair next to my bed.
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Well - they are out there somewhere, as they have always been, and the competitive route exampled by the well-established Donatella Flick jamboree may be one way of finding them.
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The weaker stars had already flickered out, and the bright ones were dimming.
EVERVILLE
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A couple more flicks of the switch adjust the flame height and heat output.
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But South Korea came back strong when You Hyo-sik set up captain Seo Jong-ho to score off a reverse flick in the 62nd.
Germany Rout Canada 6-0 in Hockey World Cup
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Barbara has memories of mischievous boys flicking bits of ink-soaked blotting paper at each other and shoving books down their trousers when they were to be caned.
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A red light blinking in the answer machine slowly flicked on and off.
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Fans of David Slade, the acclaimed director of cult hits including the psycho-sexual thriller “Hard Candy” and the graphic novel noirish vampire flick “30 Days of Night,” might be shocked to discover that the man has a sweeter side.
TWILIGHT SAGA NEWS FOR MARCH 4TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews
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His flat-tax fire, which burned hot for months, ultimately flickered out along with his popularity.
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After I'd had my fill of blowpipes, dripping foliage and poisonous frogs I flicked through to an article on peanut farming.
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Rovers very nearly got themselves back into the game within seconds, when Finn ran on to Gary Twigg's flick-on to head towards goal, but Ryzhikov made a fine reaction save to keep his effort out from point-blank range.
Shamrock Rovers 0-3 Rubin Kazan | Europa League Group A match report
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He took three matches to light up and flicked each dud through the hole in the wall where the air conditioner should have been.
BLOOD IS DIRT
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Their flight is quick and fluttery, and they frequently flick their wings.
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He tugged at his shirt cuffs, flicked lint from his lapels, and straightened his tie.
NO BODY
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Shiona told herself with just a flicker of uncertainty, changing into second gear as she rounded a bend.
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All the ancestors flicked over with a bunch of pink feathers on a stick.
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The fire flickers low.
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In this manner, under the dim-flickering light of an "oilie cruizie," in a straggling village in Perthshire, did I learn first of Blue Beard and
Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk
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Meditation taught me not to overidentify with my flickering, rapidly altering emotional states, but rather view them as visiting wildlife.
Times, Sunday Times
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The space ship is cluttered with aging technology and tattered furniture - this is not the uniformly pristine and transfigured world of the typical sci-fi flick.
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I don't remember buying it, she said with a dismissive flick of the wrist.
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The turn of a corner, like the flick of a film frame, can redefine the nature of a disjunctive, heterogeneous spatial continuum.
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If the room had a little light apart from the faulty bedside lamp that flickered unpredictably every few minutes it wouldn't be so bad, or even just a fan that at least to cool and circulate the foul damp air.
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She allowed her gaze to flick up every time the hand passed the twelve.
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Not just all the suits and the hair flicks and the super-duper songs.
Times, Sunday Times
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The flickering firelight revealed an appearance that was most disturbing.
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Kuyt escaped from Benoît Assou-Ekotto once to a flick-on from Carroll and set up a thwarted shooting opportunity from Charlie Adam as a result before the inevitable substitution arrived.
Luis Suárez back for Liverpool but Dalglish starts with Andy Carroll
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It's almost unbearably tempting to suggest a furtive flick on the nose.
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You might have noticed more and more people of all ages gliding down the streets on skateboards, sliding along walls and flicking and spinning their boards with various degrees of success.
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Abbiamo pranzato in un posto piuttosto chic, e ammirato il ghiaccio che galleggiava sull'Hudson - cf. la foto piu' su, e qualche altra sulla mia pagina di Flickr.
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It's my sister's old one, and I've come to learn that if you move it or even shake it, the screen will flick off.
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Under the barrel roof of York Hall – a boxing venue – music by Underworld sends a metallic beat through the action, and giant videos flicker behind a hectically lit revolving stage.
Hamlet; Passion; Beautiful Burnout; Wanderlust
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Only flicker bulbs and festoons were seen around the premises.
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I was left a little uninspired with his overall display although his flicks were magical.
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He is credited with creating a sub-genre of the 1960s sexploitation flick called the ‘nudie-kinkie’, a series of films which pretty much do what they say on the can.
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Small businesses are flickering into life.
Times, Sunday Times
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Her iridescently colored eyes flickered in the direction of the voice, soon followed by a warm smile as she looked to Raek.
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The bulb in the shell-shaped lamp on the wall flickered like a strobe light and painted irregular shadows on the walls.
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Candles flickered on the well-spaced tables which were covered with crisp white linen cloths.
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Swanberg plays an amusingly hatable character with a smug disregard for indie flicks.
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Sherri shrugged, picked up the clicker and flicked it off as the animated Mount'n Man was trying to out-run a swarm of angry cartoon bees.
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Black candles flickered in sconces on the walls and by the trencher.
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The flyingfish are flickering in the orange glow, and one flies close and winks at me before diving below the surface again.
First Snakes, Now This? « Looking for Roots
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Ebony could see a dark flicker of movement outside, and a moment later the door opened and a man walked into the room.
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Sometimes people they could not see followed them from lane to lane, flicking brights.
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Dad cradled the receiver just as the glob I flicked from my spoon landed directly on my brother's nose.
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But Clark sees something change in his eyes, some infinitesimal flicker of emotion.
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This ghost, laughing a little too loudly, would be all the more terrible for the flicker of awful, self-deluding pride kindling in it at the thought of white-knuckling through the grimmest month of the year with nothing to talk about in company but how it has given up drink.
After the Binge Must Come the Purge
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She began to crawl forward again, her eyes continually flickering between the tracks on either side of her.
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Reports in the media that long-term prisoners had been allowed to relax at Sun City and "jol" on the Cape Flats over the festive season, caused danger lights to flicker and placed the onus on the government to take urgent action, De Ville said in a statement.
ANC Daily News Briefing
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Boing Boing reader/commenter catastrophegirl, commenting in a thread about an enraged hillbilly user of flavored chewing tobacco, points to her Flickr photoset documenting her quest to make DIY kretek (clove cigarettes).
Boing Boing
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The early signs were certainly promising as the game finally flickered into life.
The Sun
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I'm surprised the backlash overdrive hasn't kicked in solely on the possibility that it's a Scientology-is-bad flick.
Universal Passes on PT Anderson’s Scientology Picture; Jeremy Renner Still Circling Role | /Film
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The tongue of the snake flickered at us.
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Wumpus says: just imdb him. lords of dogtown looks like the only non gay or chick flick he was in.
HEATH LEDGER IS DEAD – UPDATE
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The candles were flickering in their sockets.
North and South
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All you manage to see is a little flicker of light, following by a throaty rumble of thunder.
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Only once did the flame truly flicker.
Times, Sunday Times
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Bradley Johnson's miskick in the six-yard box gifted Bendtner an opportunity at the near post, but the forward saw his flick touched across the face of goal by Ruddy.
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Sara had other ideas, however, and extended a leg high into the air to flick it up before manoeuvring to execute an exquisite overhead kick that flew past Francois Dubordeaux into the bottom right corner of his goal.
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I held in my hand a single black candle, it's flame flickering as my body disturbed the air around it.
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Her façade is starting to flicker and fade into an electric blue haze, allowing me to see her true metallic shape underneath.
365 tomorrows » Insert Coins To Operate : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
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On the motorway you can cruise along in comfort mode, switching to sport on the A-roads, flicking to advanced sport to hug corners and bends.
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you may need to flick through Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a new version of Austen's classic romance into which US writer Seth Grahame-Smith has inserted a series of zombie horror interludes .
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And there it would be, the horizon ablaze with light where the gleaming flames of candles met the distant flicker of stars.
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The mood in Haiti today reminds one of the wanly flickering orange glow of the kerosine lamps that Haiti's market women - known as ti machann - use to illuminate their wares as they work late into the night.
Michael Deibert: Notes from Haiti's Long Hot Summer
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From the home page on, links take visitors to Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and the search page for the term "sharpie," which returns groups set up by customers and fans.
Marketing Profs Daily Fix
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Dust floated down from the ceiling and the lights flickered.
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The lights were dimmed making way for a seductive flicker of the unscented thick candles.
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If your eyelids flickered, he'd sit up waiting for some indication that it wouldn't be long before the first long stroll of the day.
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Agitate each mixture for 30 sec by flicking the container with a finger or a vibrator.
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Not only is the film a technically impressive feat, the plot so far suggests a certain cleverness on a higher level than a simple, stock genre flick.
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The literary equivalent of a chick flick, Oleander details one girl's attempts to come to terms with her mother while also surviving the cold and largely indifferent world of foster care.
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The Past Presents The Future is the perfect soundtrack to an arty love story flick about hip kids falling in love.
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Here, as you withdraw your arm from the finger flick you turn to the left to face the man on your left.
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Reddish white light flickers from the cupridium, seemingly lengthening the blade, until it is almost a lance.
The Magi'i Of Cyador
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This is probably a good time to mention that a lot of this might sound like I am a shill for either Google or Flickr, trying to get you to go use their (free) services.
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Electric bulbs above the audience flicker and the crackle of static fills the air.
Times, Sunday Times
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March 25th, 2010 more images more images KERALA, INDIA (GaeaTimes. com) - Today, a Malayalam comedy flick named 'In Ghost House Inn' is releasing all over Kerala.
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The uncertain flicker of the flames and sparks from our beacon (which, though itself invisible, darkened and lightened like sheet lightning), the dismal umbery glimmer of the waning moon, and the pale approach of day over the mountains to the east, made the face appear almost ghastly.
The Dew of Their Youth
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All of a sudden, though, Hajek pulls out a well-judged drop-shot, which Murray can only flick wristily into the net, and that's the first break of the match.
Wimbledon 2010: Andy Murray v Jan Hajek - as it happened
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That was six years ago and now, her hands flickering across the melamine table top seeking the wood beneath, she says her most recent scans have given her the all-clear.
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Had about a half hour been trimmed from it, The Rookie may have been a slam-bang action flick.
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March took a last draw on his cigarette and flicked it away.
Times, Sunday Times
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Flick the years of dust, to laughter and tears, love and cemented in the minds of a thick crystal amber. I wish happy new year! I wish you the new year: don't gain weight, before the person you most Qiao; money in hand, laughing in the dream.
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A few strands of hair caught on his eyelash and he flicked his head quickly to get them out of the way.
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Tom flicked the switch, but nothing happened.
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He flicked a switch and all the lights went out.
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We apologize for the misidentification. all illustrations: lantern slides from the New York Public Library's digital collection via flickr's the Commons
A Different Stripe:
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He geotags photos using Flickr and Google Maps.
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Theirs was a vibrant, methodical game of momentum, a ruthless strategy of crosses and corners, knockdowns and flick - ons.
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Yet on none of these occasions has the video screen of my entryphone flickered into life.
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He-it's usually a he-gets the same satisfaction from rapidly double declutching through the gearbox of a 1953 Jaguar C-type and flicking around the gearstick on a nippy little 2009 Hyundai i10.
Die besten Nachrichten von heute
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As she was going to insert some cream on the laser burn, the ship jolted and the lights flickered and the ship was steady again.
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The candle flickered in the wind.
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When he stands up and defends himself, well, that's when it turns from just some maybe horseplay to the flicking of the arm to the violent confrontation.
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Her face showed little emotion as the dark flicker of shadows created by the brim of her hat shaded her eyes.
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Friday, March 27, 2009 at 06: 41 PM how odd to read this particular bit of news as i enjoy one of the only still-functioning electrical devices in my home (the computer), the others suffering from a mysterious anti-surge, in which switches produce only intermittent and then very weak current. nothing is 'crame' but the fridge has no cold, the water-heater no heat, the lamps flicker like candles guttering out their last wisp of light, etc. the electrician will be coming tomorrow; meanwhile one is very conscious of being (but not wishing to be) very spoiled and electrodependent ......
Cramer - French Word-A-Day
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She joined in a conversation, her eyes flickering in the direction of the room doors.
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We waited hours for several common birds - blue jay, northern flicker, and fish crow - but missed red-winged blackbird and American robin.
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Introduce two examples that when the flicker system using AD11 three-state energy-conversation indicator lamp indicates abnormally, how to search for and handle faults.
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Still the angle was unfavourable, but an adroit flick of his right foot settled the issue.
Times, Sunday Times
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She very nearly made Edie feel inadequate by the sheer felinity of her movements, by the sensuous grace of her silent prowl, the lively flicks of her tail.
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There was the flick of a lighter, and I could smell burning incense.
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Without any warning, the lights flickered then turned on brightly.
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Seen just today: junco, northern flicker, rufous sided towhee sp?
Winter is icumen in...
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Trees, rocks and soil had all been uprooted, and flickering tongues of flame dotted the landscape.
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Her frown was a bare flicker, lasting only a fraction of a fraction of a second, but in that instant a hole opened in his chest.
Cyclops One
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But then he spotted the flickering light of a candle coming from a room near the rear of the building.
Times, Sunday Times
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He crumpled the nub and flicked it to a corner of my room.
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She allowed her steady gaze to flicker from the glass which she had been holding firm.
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We ended up having a nice long chat after I admitted flicking through her diary.
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His head flicked up, he looked left and right and went on to his back foot, preparing for a cartoon scram.
BLOOD IS DIRT
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In sombre tones of shadow and mulberry, four couples perform duets that flicker between struggle and dependency.
Times, Sunday Times
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The first flicker of flame, yellow with chemicals, darted up.
DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION
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The clouds of gas swirled and mixed as their electrons changed polarity, flickering colors that moved with the solar winds of a million suns.
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So I was a bit amused with flickr stats just now; it tells me these photos are unaccountably highly ranked in google image search: first-row results for: dandelion puller (hey, I know those guys!) and phonographic photos.
What a difference a day makes.
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Flickers of reds, yellows and orange emerge from the depths, and the strange ovoid canvases reflect the surface while hovering over it.
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Then he busily flicks through the university's Life Sciences prospectus in search of inspiration.
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It is just as easy to curl up at home, drink hot cocoa, and watch a chick flick by myself, as it is to do so there.
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Any self-respecting 17-year-old vegetarian would have flounced away in disgust, but instead my response marked the first flicker that my veggie years may be short-lived.
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Flick the years of dust, to laughter and tears, love and cemented in the minds of a thick crystal amber. I wish happy new year! I wish you the new year: don't gain weight, before the person you most Qiao; money in hand, laughing in the dream.
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His eyes flicked up to that wondrous sea-green gaze that had so capti - vated him.
Second Skin
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In engineering, a dull light, as gray and flickery as a cloudy sky before a storm, suffused the two-storey chamber and the long flattened cylinder of the main engine.
Star Trek The Next Generation®
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Reaching over her opposite shoulder, Ali drew the sword that was strapped there, flicking her wrist to scatter the drops of moisture that had settled on the metal surface.
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She was obviously enjoying the antics of the jugglers and tumblers illuminated by the flickering light.
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Also, his overacting is getting annoying - him barking at the camera is ruining even the few decent flicks he's in.
XXx: The Return of Xander Cage | /Film
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At that moment a strong gust of wind rocked the Weston house, and the lights flickered and then electricity failed.
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I flicked my eyes to a random jock gyrating his hips in the most vulgar manner possible to the beat of the music.
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He flicked me with a wet towel.
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He also sported a flicked back haircut like dad, who wore similar specs last week.
The Sun
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Leaning back against the ecru toned, linen textured wall, she contemplated crossing the room to flick the light switch that would bathe the room in harsh fluorescent glare, but dismissed the idea.
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Rhea's eyes fluttered for a moment before flickering open.
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Does the power surge from flicking a switch on or off negate the energy saved?
Times, Sunday Times
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A deft flick of the switch and my virtual French nurse vanishes into the ether.
Times, Sunday Times
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He gave a flick of the whip.
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Flick the years of dust, to laughter and tears, love and cemented in the minds of a thick crystal amber. I wish happy new year! I wish you the new year: don't gain weight, before the person you most Qiao; money in hand, laughing in the dream.
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Thankfully, the angry beast can be unleashed at the flick of a switch.
The Sun
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Thumbs flick switch from safety to semi on the rifles and you raise your weapons, point and shoot three round bursts at where you think the enemy is, because you haven't seen them yet.
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Following 18 months of peace negotiations a tiny flicker of hope has emerged promising a binding agreement to restore order.
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His eyelashes flickered into life as he looked up again a shy, delicate glance, like a cornered deer.
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The ancient waiting-woman bows her head in awe, and a flicker of unfamiliar happiness crosses the deeply wizened depths of her face.
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In fall you'll see Northern flickers, herons, kingfishers, downy woodpeckers, and lots of ducks (common goldeneyes, mallards, mergansers).
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But the troubles caused by that truth cause the candle's flame to flicker slightly from time to time.
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There was a pause and then fluorescent lights flickered to life.
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Fashionable Victorians flocked to promenade through this new underwater marvel, an amazing twin-bore arched corridor lit by flickering gaslight.
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Nowadays, if scanning the movie listings gives us any indication, most of the foreign films being remade are cult Japanese horror flicks.
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He held his hand out to help her up, Hikari took it, her clouded leopard tail flicking lightly to and fro in an agitated manner.
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Andrew Galpin also broke the records on Thursday for the loudest clap (113 decibels), most baseballs held in a baseball glove (14), furthest coin flicking (10.64 metres) and furthest golf ball blow (5.835 metres).
Radio New Zealand News Headlines
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I am concerned about picture 'judder' and 'flicker' in some of my videos when viewed on TV, and will try to explain what I am seeing against what I would like to see.
VideoHelp.com Forum
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Hamma sat beside me staring intently forward and indicating the direction that we should take with a flick of his finger.
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A few lights from campfires at the canyon campground flickered in the distance.
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The bulb in the shell-shaped lamp on the wall flickered like a strobe light and painted irregular shadows on the walls.
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The man's gun flicked up from beside his thigh.
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Could you flick the light switch on for me, please.
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Giggling, Rebecca flicked her hair over her shoulder, her dark eyes dancing mischievously as she nattered on to Blake.
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The work will target the key impairments of film flicker and unsteadiness, both of which interfere substantially with viewing.
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Just before the puck crossed the blue line, Bergevin flicked a one-timer through a screen and under
NHL - National Hockey League - Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota
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He seemed quite interested, but I watched his eyes flicker quickly back to Willow.
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Some are just attractive domes with openings to hold the lamp so that only the slight flickering can be seen while the dome protects it from wind.
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Unlike most woodpeckers, flickers spend a lot of time on the ground probing for ants.
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Again the screen flickered, changing the view to a fleet of magnificent shimmering ships.
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Her shoulders shook with relief and for the first time in three years of court proceedings, a tentative smile flickered across her face.
The Sun
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Phoenix stood slowly and walked toward Anjiru his eyes flickered in her direction a moment.
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Emily flicks a lock of her red hair with her fingers.
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He picked an unlighted torch off the wall and with a simple flick of his finger, ignited it.
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The flick of a whip started the carriage rolling and bumping over the rough street.
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`You've been watching too many flicks, is what I think.
PROSPECT HILL
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This may come as a shock to those who have just perfected the flick and go.
Times, Sunday Times
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Blend right out to the corner flick gently to blur any hard edges.
Times, Sunday Times
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This disc is worth at least a rental, and if you're a fan of disaster type flicks, a purchase.
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The quality of the transfer seems fine but not outstanding, although in one scene some notable flicker appears.
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His syncopated, rapid-fire freestyle flickers between abstract movements and pantomime, but he never loses the beat.
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This is the question that flits across the otherwise sane mind of the average woman as she flicks through glossy magazines.
Times, Sunday Times