He looks away, flicking aside the shred of irrelevancy.

His boot scraped the carpet, and his troubled glance flicked aside.

Alan began speaking, but his eyes flicked aside and saw the same white man come in, with two others behind him.

The white beam flicked aside at almost the last moment.

But for the moment, Mrs. Thatcher is flicking aside her opposition.

Then she flicked aside a strand of hair and said, "My husband would say I don't take no for an answer."

The Earthman touched a button, and a square section of the wall flicked aside.

He flicked aside another catch with his thumb.

A tattered curtain flicked aside in the window, and a moment later, the door opened and a blond man of about forty stepped out.

They flicked aside before he could drown.