There was a fumbling of the keys and the snicking of the lock and the door came open.

Behind him the door swung shut automatically, with a snicking of the lock, and he reached out his hand toward the panel to snap on the light.

The blat of airbus horns and the endless snicking of traffic copter blades didn't bother her.

Bobby can still hear the coolies singing, though, and now too there's the gunlike snicking of the truck's clutch linkage as Private Wiley downshifts.

"Sacrus is bounded by high walls and barbed wire," he said over the quiet snicking of his clothing, "and they have sniper towers and machine-gun positions.

In the Fourth Test he hesitated to give Ken Mackay out even after the batsman walked after snicking a catch off Brian Statham.

Julie ... he'd held on to thoughts of Julie, and with her picture in his mind he'd accepted the idea of death, but when the guards pulled their triggers the only sound had been the snicking of bolts on empty chambers.

A snick of a light switch and we went in.

There was a light snick of sound, and the long object became longer still.

John heard the door close and the snick of a bolt.

They could all hear the light "snick" as the lock was opened.

On the third stair, I heard a snick behind me, and looked back.

She felt the lock on her heart snick open, and sighed.

There was a snick and lights came on in the panels.

It turned with a sharp snick and the lock opened.

The door closed behind the three with a snick of the latch.

He heard a snick behind him and spun around just as the fire door at the end of the hall closed.

Then there was a sharp snick, as if some device had been shut off.

"Got it," I announced, feeling the little snick of the release.

He heard the distinctive snick of a pistol action working across the bedroom.

She heard a soft snick and smelled more of the oil he had been preparing her with.

The second Kelly stepped inside, it closed with a quiet little snick.

He drew back the shiny handle with the snick Lee had heard before.

He touched the locks carefully, one after the other, and with small snicks they fell open.

He closed the door behind him and I heard it latch with a gentle snick.

There was the snick of the tenon clicking into place.

I'd heard the snick of a shutting door there.

And ye may hear a breech-bolt snick where never a man is seen.

The winning music video was then played during Snick House.

The circle of glass pushed through with a snick.

There was a sharp snick as the electric light was turned on.

The snick of the lock turning caused her to flinch.

She snicked it into first and took off through the town.

The fire door snicked shut behind him, and I felt the air pressure change.

A door snicked open at the base of the tower.

One- The lock snicked, and the door gave under the pressure of his hand.

He walked toward her until the doors snicked shut at his back.

There was a lot of clicking and snicking, then the door opened.

Behind him the lock snicked again and he spun around.

From the wrong end of the staff, four blades snicked outward.

The lock snicked when he pushed the door closed behind him.

Four arms extend, blades snick open, and red eyes focus on me.

Or did you snick them all down to size whenever they got too big?"

The same virtual window snicked closed for 12 different Cardinals.

The blonde snicked on a light in a big square standing lamp.

The kid laughed loud enough for me to hear and then the chain snicked off.

Another, snicking out from one of the wall slots, did a standard reflex test.

The security computer verified her identification, and the locks snicked open.

The edge snicked into one arm, shaving hair from flesh.

He snicked the M-16 to burst fire and checked it visually.

After days without rest, her subconscious finally let the puzzle pieces snick into place.

There was a strange scent in the air The lift door snicked closed behind him.

His grip tightened on the pistol as he snicked off the safety.

He took it and snicked back the charging handle to chamber a round.

He sauntered from the room and moments later the outside door snicked shut.

Pat glanced up from his paper as the outside door snicked shut behind Sean.

That snicked the bolt far enough for the loosely fitted door to open.