Walk the Tightrope is not just a flashy trick - it's also a way to wind up your yo-yo.

True, the ensuing fall was masked by some flashy tricks of precocious technology.

Yet Mr. Wallace's penchant for pointed satire and flashy tricks often obscured the book's passion.

The harvester fulfills no fantasy vision of a robot of the future - no flashy tricks, no R2D2-type charm.

British television show Soccer AM has a section appropriately named Showboat, dedicated to flashy tricks from the past week's games.

In the real world, however, gunmen who relied on flashy tricks and theatrics died quickly, and most gunslingers took a much more practical approach to their weapons.

It was a flashy trick, nothing more.

Better minimalist theatre than flashy tricks any day, but this needed to trust the audience's imagination to work on even less information than was offered.

"You won't need to do any flashy tricks; I think he mostly wants reassurance that you are not acting with any disrespect for religion."

All of us came out of the bishop's funeral in sorrow and awe, yet all he could do was perform a few flashy tricks to show wizardry's utter lack of respect!