Through a gentle up-and-down hand motion, the two balls swing apart and back together, making the clacking noise that give the toy its name.

He held the pieces together, then let them swing apart.

When a door is opened on a doll-size house, the walls swing apart and the building collapses.

He turned to the rear of the marble staircase, found the bas-relief, twisted the woman's head savagely and watched the bodies swing apart.

Her legs swung apart and she pushed at the floor and one side of her shorts gaped.

Three of them did he sever thus, so that the prows of the vessels swung apart.

Slowly, the radiator swung apart on hinges at the end.

Like a doorway, two blocks of men swung apart to let the galloping warriors through and, like an iron gate, they closed smoothly behind them.

In her hands "freedom" - clenched hands are crossed before the body, then swing apart and face out - is like an explosion.

He laid his hand on them: and instantly they swung apart, opening inwards, turning on their hinges without the least noise.