Sentences with stick
stick
S s - ...people carrying bundles of dried sticks to sell for firewood.
- He looks old and walks with a stick.
- Stick is the simple, general term here, implying attachment by gluing or fastening together in any way, by close association, etc. [to stick a stamp on a letter, to stick to a subject]; adhere implies firm attachment and, of persons, denotes voluntary allegiance or devotion as to an idea, cause, or leader [to adhere to a policy]; cohere implies such close sticking together of parts as to form a single mass [glue made the particles of sawdust cohere]; cling implies attachment by embracing, entwining, or grasping with the arms, tendrils, etc. [a vine clinging to the trellis]; cleave2 is a poetic or lofty term implying a very close, firm attachment [my tongue cleaved to the roof of my mouth; Ruth cleaved to Naomi]
- ...kebab sticks.
- ...lacrosse sticks.
- ...a stick of celery. [+ of]
- He folded the papers and stuck them in his desk drawer. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
- They sent in loads of male nurses and stuck a needle in my back. [V n in/into/through n]
- They lay where they had fallen from the crane, sticking out of the water. [VERB adverb/preposition]
- Don't forget to clip the token and stick it on your card. [VERB noun preposition]
- The soil sticks to the blade and blocks the plough. [VERB to noun]
- The incident stuck in my mind because it was the first example I had seen of racism in that country. [VERB + in]
- A friend dubbed it 'The Sanctuary' and the name stuck. [VERB]
- I don't see how they'll make the charges stick. [VERB]
- The needle on the dial went right round to fifty feet, which was as far as it could go, and there it stuck. [VERB]
- A walking stick
- A stick of celery
- I got some stick for that blunder
- These few sticks are all I have
- Not a bad old stick
- To stick a peg in a hole
- To stick a picture on the wall
- To stick one's head out of the window
- stick your coat on this chair
- stick the pages together
- We were stuck for hours in a traffic jam
- The memory sticks in my mind
- I can't stick that man
- I was totally stuck for an answer
- They stuck me with the bill for lunch
- A stick of chewing gum
- Every stick of furniture
- A hockey stick
- To stick one's finger into a hole
- A cushion stuck with pins
- To stick a poster on a wall
- The wheels were stuck; we were stuck in town
- To be stuck by a question
- They stick at home
- To make the charges stick
- Friends stick together; the nickname stuck
- To stick to a trail
- To stick at a job
- They stuck through thick and thin
- A shoe stuck in the mud
- The gears stuck
- A bill stuck in committee
- A person who will stick at nothing
- To stick one's finger with a needle.
- To stick a pig.
- To stick a needle into a pincushion.
- To stick a peg in a pegboard.
- To stick a painting on the wall.
- To stick a marshmallow on a fork.
- To stick a cushion full of pins.
- To stick shelves full of knickknacks.
- To stick butterflies.
- To stick one's head out of the window.
- Stick the chair in the corner.
- To stick a stamp on a letter.
- The car was stuck in the mud.
- He couldn't stick the job more than three days.
- He was stuck by the very first problem on the test.
- The committee persistently stuck him with fund collection.
- It was a long, dusty trip but we stuck it out.
- Hot cereal sticks to your ribs on those cold winter mornings.
- The arrow stuck in the tree.
- The young rider stuck to the back of his terrified horse.
- A fact that sticks in the mind.
- To stick to a job until it is finished.
- Her zipper stuck halfway up.
- I'm stuck on this problem.