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flick through a book

She leafed through a book that described their work.

There he is - on the sofa, leafing through a book of glossy photographs.

He was sitting on the couch by then, leafing through a book about auto theft.

Comfortable chairs encourage browsers to relax and leaf through a book.

He was leafing through a book about Grand Central when inspiration struck.

Sophie stared at the dark-haired giant who stood quietly leafing through a book.

We leafed through a book of recently discovered photographs of Charlie Chaplin.

If you ever have occasion to watch my daughter reading, don't be deceived by the way she seems to be idly leafing through a book.

Saint-Germain received his visitor while leafing through a book by Paracelsus.

Before the ceremony the 120 guests leafed through a book that contained their completed (and graded) crossword-puzzle response cards.

He had sat down in the armchair with Meredith on his lap and was leafing through a book he had taken from the shelves.

(In one telling scene, three teen-age suspects leaf through a book of mug shots as if it were a high school yearbook.)

He turned to the drawing room, opening the door that had been left ajar, to find the Lady Camoynes leafing through a book.

But too often, the shifts between stories feel abrupt, as if one were leafing through a book called "Amusing Barrymore Anecdotes."

He sautéed them with butter and parsley and served them to the family, fatefully neglecting to leaf through a book in the kitchen which identified mushrooms.

Gein's story grabbed the attention of McDonough and Gray as they were leafing through a book on murderers and true crime.

The few seconds it takes to leaf through a book to check and see that it is not a hiding place for explosives seems well worth the time and effort.

While Mr. O'Gorman talks to the proprietor, Mateo settles on a bench against two pillows, leafing through a book, as if this were his living room.

Leafing through a book of Indian baby names - published in Bombay and purchased by us in Jackson Heights, Queens - she had come across Satya.

At the visitor's table against the far wall a Sorcerer was leafing through a book as he dawdled over his food, the spiked band of his headdress glittering in the firelight.

There are 680 species of spiders in New England and New York, among more than 30,000 worldwide, Mr. Gauthier said as he leafed through a book on spiders.

LEAFING through a book on drinks recently, I came across an old recipe for punch and realized I could barely remember the last time I had had one.

In 2006, Tudor historian David Starkey's interest was piqued by a miniature portrait of a young Tudor woman he found while leafing through a book of Tudor miniatures.

One exhibition, "The Master of the Embroidered Foliage," will highlight an altarpiece from Lille, a circa 1500 triptych with the central panel of a Madonna and child leafing through a book.

Mrs. Van Nimmen, a fine arts bibliographer, leafed through a book printed in 1852 containing brilliant color plates showing the Aya Sofia mosque in Constantinople and another book on Navajo blankets.

I am curled up in the armchair, flicking through a book.

This means it fine for novel reading where you will just need to turn a page but for reference work where you need to be able to flick through a book quickly, its absolutely useless.

The increasing power of cellphones is fast shaping innovative forms of compact culture: micro-lit, phone soap operas and made-for-mobile dramas that can be absorbed in less time than it takes to flick through a book introduction.

He had been firmly of the position that Catholicism and its claims were both false and treasonable, however, while visiting a Catholic friend, he began casually flicking through a book of theology and was struck by the force of an argument he read there.