How to Use flick in a Sentence

flick

1 of 2 noun

• With a flick of the wrist, James passed the ball to Hachimura for a dunk.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
• The thought alone of settling in for a three hour flick might put you to sleep.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 31 July 2023
• But the coolest amenity is the drive-in movie theater that plays flicks in the middle of the desert.
  — Brittany Anas, House Beautiful, 2 Sep. 2023
• This time around, the Nolan flick might be the long-tail underdog.
  — Vulture, 14 July 2023
• Take care of my skin, a flick of an eyeliner, maybe a red lip.
  — Chloe King, Vogue, 26 July 2023
• On the water, roll casting with the Vesper was easy with a simple flick of the wrist.
  — Ryan Chelius, Field & Stream, 3 Aug. 2023
• Back-foot throws, hitting receivers downfield with a hop and a flick of the wrist.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
• That might be a bummer to those who adored the well-over-the-top 1989 action flick starring Patrick Swayze.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
• Think of this film like Scary Movie, but with teen flicks instead of horror ones.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 11 May 2023
• The 40-year-old stuntman has been a part of some of Hollywood biggest flicks in the past 10 years.
  — John Thompson, menshealth.com, 31 May 2023
• Here is an art-house flick, cunningly coated in the gleam of a high-tech thriller.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
• The main cast is all-Black, and plays on the history of people of color in slasher flicks.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 22 Dec. 2023
• Watch on With Barbie the year's hottest flick, there are a lot of us who are going to want to get all dolled up for Halloween.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 16 Aug. 2023
• With a flick of her wrist, Wang cast a line into the murky water, and her lure, a dark plastic worm, landed with a plop.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 19 July 2023
• However, the campy flick has since become a cult classic in the years that followed.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024
• The shirt, a black tee with the sleeves cut off — the actor’s signature look — honored Gomez’s 2012 flick, Spring Breakers.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
• If fireworks aren't on your itinerary, maybe a festive flick will do the trick.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 16 May 2023
• Have any of those flicks raked in any significant cash?
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 23 July 2023
• With humor, gore, and heart, this flick is a thrilling ride that will keep you entertained from start to finish.
  — Travis Bean, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
• Meester was on hand to support Brody at the premiere of his new superhero flick Shazam!.
  — Starr Savoy, ELLE, 12 Mar. 2023
• In fact the pair just wrapped a western flick filmed in Parrish, Florida, due out later this year.
  — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2024
• Plus, the historic property had cameos in five Bond flicks and an appearance in Netflix’s The Crown.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
• Even Jason Blum, who leads Blumhouse, the studio that produced the new horror flick, endorsed the idea.
  — Lillian Rizzo, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2023
• Itching for a dinosaur flick after your binge-watch of Jurassic Park?
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 12 Apr. 2023
• Never has a trans person directed, written, or starred in a cape-and-cowl flick — much less all three.
  — Abraham Josephine Riesman, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
• The Edge is equipped with a G10 composite handle and a ball-bearing flipper system that deploys the knife with a flick of the finger.
  — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2024
• As dancers move their hands in fluid and sharp ways around their heads and bodies, a story is created out of each hand flick and arm pump.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
• Robbie both stars in and is producing the Greta Gerwig penned flick.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 3 July 2023
• Before playing the half-man, half-goat in the mythological movies, Jackson was cast as Junior in the 2006 flick Roll Bounce.
  — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
• But as usual this festival in Hollywood includes notable comedies, dramas, sci-fi flicks and more.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024

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flick

2 of 2 verb

• The snake's tongue flicked in and out.
• The snake flicked its tongue in and out.
• She flicked an ash into the ashtray.
• She flicked her hair back over her shoulder.
• The boys were flicking each other with towels.
• He flicked his cigarette butt out the window.
• Vela flicked in a left-footed shot in the 83rd minute for his second goal of the year.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
• The main stage lights flicked on, sweeping away the shadows.
  — Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
• The front end is light and easy to loft, the back end a joy to flick around, and the bike is buoyant off of bumps and jumps.
  — Outside Online, 29 May 2021
• Use your thumb and forefinger to flick the paint on the paper.
  — Christina Montoya Fiedler, Woman's Day, 24 Feb. 2023
• You dangle and flick the toys on the wand, while your dog goes wild trying to catch them.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Woman's Day, 15 Aug. 2023
• Weah needed just one touch of the ball to flick it low past Hennessey.
  — Dallas News, 21 Nov. 2022
• When closed, the lever protrudes from the back of the knife and provides the leverage necessary to quickly flick the blade open.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 8 Sep. 2022
• Cantu flicked a switch on the lift and raised Brown’s SUV a few feet so its tires would be at shoulder level.
  — Michael Grabell, ProPublica, 3 May 2023
• Nkosi Burgess flicked it in after a rebound off a free kick, drawing his team even.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 26 Mar. 2023
• Okoro, whose hand used to go around the ball, is trying to flick his wrist and get the ball up higher, putting more arc on his shots.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 22 Nov. 2021
• Miller took the camera into a dark room, flicked on an infrared light that would not expose the film and clicked the back of the camera open.
  — John Branch, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2023
• Brother Martin tied the match in the 39th minute as Starring fought past a defender to win the ball and flick it over the keeper.
  — Joseph Halm, NOLA.com, 19 Dec. 2020
• Meanwhile, Megan Thee Stallion flicked up in a middle-part buss down that led straight to her thighs.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 2 Jan. 2024
• But on the first play, quarterback Carson Wentz was flushed from the pocket and tried to flick the ball away left-handed from the end zone.
  — Michael Marot, ajc, 31 Oct. 2021
• Putting her goggles back on, the CEO flicks a pink-ie finger and sends Maurice a data blob.
  — Annalee Newitz, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
• If there’s dirt in the sole, use a damp cloth, well wrung-out, to flick off any dirty bits before returning the shoes to your closet.
  — Todd Plummer, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2023
• Part of the house had been set ablaze when a previous resident flicked on a lighter near a set of curtains.
  — Chris Moody, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2023
• The Taliban can’t simply flick a switch and dive into the global lithium trade, Schoonover said.
  — Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 16 Aug. 2021
• When Paul gets up to leave the bar, the camera flicks to an empty cut-crystal glass and another that is half full.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
• To get the most realistic hairs possible, place the tip of the pen near the bottom of the brow and lightly flick upward.
  — Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 20 Mar. 2021
• The movie flicks at a variety of pieces from Bernstein's opus, in both background music and set pieces.
  — Scott Hocker, theweek, 5 Jan. 2024
• Being a strong god, Zeus only needs to flick his fingers to remove Thor’s cape.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 1 June 2022
• In the video, Ciara flashed a beaming smile before walking up to the camera and flicking her hair.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
• Another common defense tactic is to shoot or flick a cloud of barbed hairs – right off their own abdomens – at their attackers.
  — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024