With his forefinger he kept tripping the doors, showing how a person's weight operated the contrivance, shutting the doors behind and simultaneously opening the doors in front; but Mr. Harnden did not draw attention to the palpable fact that a waiter would need to have the agility of a flea to escape being swatted in the rear or banged in the face.
"When Egypt Went Broke"
Holman Day
He swatted the mosquito that was hovering over its sodden progeny.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills
An' when she swatted 'em like she did with them keen points o' hers I mighty nigh kicked the bench in front o' me to pieces.
"The Desired Woman"
Will N. Harben