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 Current Search - flicked in Lord of the Flies
1  Stanley flicked his finger again.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TEN The Shell and the Glasses
2  A school of tiny, glittering fish flicked hither and thither.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
3  He giggled and flicked them while the boys laughed at his reeking palms.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER EIGHT Gift for the Darkness
4  Sometimes land loomed where there was no land and flicked out like a bubble as the children watched.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair
5  Ralph and Piggy lay in the sand, gazing at the fire and idly flicking pebbles into its smokeless heart.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER EIGHT Gift for the Darkness
6  He tore out the stem and began to poke about in the water, while the brilliant fish flicked away on this side and that.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
7  With a convulsion of the mind, Ralph discovered dirt and decay, understood how much he disliked perpetually flicking the tangled hair out of his eyes, and at last, when the sun was gone, rolling noisily to rest among dry leaves.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water