Only the occasional flick of an inadvertently exposed tail betrayed the fact that anything was happening behind their cold obsidian-flake eyes.

But for an occasional flick of the oars, the water was doing The Shadow's work for him.

Its flight is quick, performed by regular beats, with an occasional sharp flick of the wings, a characteristic of pigeons in general.

Its flight is quick, with the regular beats and an occasional sharp flick of the wings which are characteristic of pigeons in general.

The flight is quick with regular beats and an occasional sharp flick of the wings.

A fourteen-year-old boy in dungarees was driving it, giving occasional flicks on the big shirehorse's reins.

The tail straightened out, giving just the occasional tempestuous flick to maintain the course Mosul had loaded into the processor array.

An occasional sharp flick of the wings is characteristic of pigeons in general.

He appeared to be sound asleep, except for occasional flicks of his tail.

But all he could glimpse was the occasional flick of the dark object which traveled with him.