1.   A jagged, fragmented jazz score, by Richard Woodbury, slices the air.

2.   A slim, angular, dreadlocked figure in black, his Hamlet slices the air like a razor with every limber movement.

3.   He confidently slices the air with the two pointed stumps of his forearms to make his point.

4.   He would lean far forward, waving his manuscript in his right hand and slicing the air with his left.

5.   Her eyes are shut, her hand slicing the air.

6.   Hips twitching, toes tapping, hands slicing the air, she does not merely conduct the music.

7.   His underlings pass the command to the hard-faced men who walk the lines of women like shepherds, growling warnings and slicing the air with long switches.

8.   Lead disks slicing the air, explosions that jolt like an electric shock.

9.   No hum of machinery, no whoosh as it slices the air.

10.   Staring off, his pale green eyes engaging only now and then across the table, he occasionally sliced the air with a flat hand or clenched his brow.