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The phrase "as he flicks" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action occurring simultaneously with another action, often in a narrative or descriptive context.
Example: "He caught the attention of the crowd as he flicks the switch to start the show."
Alternatives: "while he flicks" or "as he snaps".
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As he flicks through his own art on the computer, he offers one of his rare smiles.
As he flicks through the pages, it looks like art but not as you would know it.
I am amazed by his skill, as he flicks the dough towards the camera like a lizard's tongue.
The Orthodox priest sings an Easter prayer, blessing the animals as he flicks holy water from a sprig of basil.
August's mistreatment of Marlena pales beside the visceral wallop of his nonchalant cruelty toward Rosie: "I look up just as he flicks the cigarette.
"I know," Lavender says, as he flicks a wasp away from his half of cider, "that that car is the last knockings of a late midlife crisis.
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During a dinner on the roof, his right-hand man had shown me pictures of Taliban corpses they had tied to the hoods of their cars for display, smiling eagerly as he flicked through each one.
As he flicked, his screen turned red.
'If you start young, you get used to it,' said Dino, my guide, as he flicked open another can.
It was a fine delivery, almost yorker length, and Guptill was plumb LBW as he flicked across the line.
However his innings proved only a useful cameo as he flicked to deep square-leg for a seven-ball 17.
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