Camacho kept the knife low, and stirred it gently as though he was conducting a slow passage of music, but Zouga studying his eyes saw the first small nervous flickers of uncertainty.

His expression, carefully controlled, seemed to be remote and impassive-only his rapidly shifting gaze and the nervous flicker of his tongue over dry lips gave any clue to his thoughts.

A warship on the surface fired plasma cannon in quick, nervous flickers.

The drawing into self, the nervous flicker of eyes, the gathering closer of children.

At the very thought of it Milliken's stomach gave another nervous flicker.

'No,' she said, and watched a tiny nervous flicker on his face.

She wet her lips, a nervous flicker of the tongue.

He turned away from the car and saw a nervous flicker display itself on Selwood's roundish features.

The quick nervous flicker lasted only an instant, but it filled Aguirrez with an odd combination of relief and dread.

Even the new muscle was keeping pretty blank, except for a certain nervous flicker around the eyes.