Wondering how to use Flick in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as flicker or flip.
Flick in a sentence
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Flick meaning
- A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
- A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
- A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
Synonyms of Flick
Using Flick
- The main meaning on this page is: A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip. | A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema. | A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
- Useful related words include: flicker, flip, riffle, move.
- In the example corpus, flick often appears in combinations such as: the flick, this flick, action flick.
Context around Flick
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flick
- In this selection, "flick" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fantasy, horror, australian, certainly, went and knife stand out and add context to how "flick" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2000s fantasy flick and 2001 war flick centres on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flick" sits close to words such as calvin, graph and joked, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flick
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Flick and Robison sat on the bicentennial committee, with Flick as its chair. (13 words)
Directed by Atlee, the flick stars Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Priyamani and Sanya Malhotra in pivotal roles. (16 words)
Ben Wilmot – himself, and his father, formerly of Stevenage – won the flick on, and Brown simply had to control and finish. (21 words)
Even so, the 2019 black comedy horror flick became a hit with its core audience and far exceeded its small budget by tens of millions, leading the cast and crew of the franchise to push for a third installment. (39 words)
Among the seized items are an imitation BB gun, a flick knife, ammunition, and stolen garden power tools, as well as a quantity of suspected cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine, psilocybin (known as magic mushrooms), and oxycodone. (35 words)
But then the hosts produced another superb moment of improvisation – Spittal’s superb back-flick putting in the overlapping Brodie Spencer who drilled a quality ball across the six-yard box but again NO takers. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
With Scott Speedman and Shane Brolly, this flick certainly slipped under the radar, and definitely deserves some recognition for being a stellar 2000s fantasy flick.
Flick and Robison sat on the bicentennial committee, with Flick as its chair.
After a goal-less first half, Ntege’s effort into the ground saw Marshall help on but the flick went wide early in the second half.
Among the seized items are an imitation BB gun, a flick knife, ammunition, and stolen garden power tools, as well as a quantity of suspected cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine, psilocybin (known as magic mushrooms), and oxycodone.
Another flick looking to pack a sequel punch, The Nun II places Taissa Farmiga’s Sister Irene back in the habit and facing off once more with a terrifying spectral counterpart.
Another with considerable longevity to soon call it quits, film aficionado – one of his most clicked reviews before he does, the 2022 Australian flick, “How to Please a Woman”.
Apparently, my "partner" here can't help but rehash its scheme for world domination on loop, like a villain stuck in a B-grade action flick.
A stoner flick would not be complete without a reference to Snoop Dogg, but the 1998 buzzed comedy trumped them all with an actual appearance from the rapper himself.
Based on a true story, this 2001 war flick centres on a group of POWs in a Japanese prison camp, building the Burma Railway during the last years of World War II.
Ben Wilmot – himself, and his father, formerly of Stevenage – won the flick on, and Brown simply had to control and finish.
Bing was set on not letting another drag flick get past her as she saved two Penny Squibb efforts in a row early in the fourth quarter.
But then the hosts produced another superb moment of improvisation – Spittal’s superb back-flick putting in the overlapping Brodie Spencer who drilled a quality ball across the six-yard box but again NO takers.
By contrast, the Purps scored immediately after half-time as midfielder Schorah's close-range flick converted Bahula's cross from the left.
Co-starring ) as the woman’s mother, along with an unexpected performance from young actor is a skillfully crafted horror flick that weaves a captivating story with rich performances and chilling scares.
Directed by Atlee, the flick stars Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Priyamani and Sanya Malhotra in pivotal roles.
Djokovic appears legitimately confounded by his Spanish opponent's ability to flick a wrist to a ball to fetch the seemingly un-returnable winner down the line.
Don’t flick them on the ground, where they can smolder and ignite debris, or grind them out on porches or steps.
Dr Chalmers said while the government was trying to bolster Australia’s supply chains, it couldn’t just flick a switch.
Dungeons and Dragons movie has been a long time coming, and we couldn't be more excited for the much-anticipated fantasy flick to hit the big screen in March.
Even so, the 2019 black comedy horror flick became a hit with its core audience and far exceeded its small budget by tens of millions, leading the cast and crew of the franchise to push for a third installment.
Common combinations with flick
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the flick 22×
- this flick 9×
- action flick 8×
- to flick 8×
- flick the 8×
- horror flick 7×
- flick of 7×
- flick on 6×
- flick to 6×
- hansi flick 6×