How to Use shtick in a Sentence

shtick

noun
  • That joke is part of his shtick.
  • Sports are just not my shtick.
  • That's been his shtick for over a decade now.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • So then pyro was part of our shtick.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
  • And please don’t tell us that this is all just harmless shtick.
    — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 22 July 2024
  • Polls show many voters have grown tired of his shtick — and tweets.
    — Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2017
  • One day, that whole shtick might get old, but that day isn't today.
    — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Love this shtick or loathe this shtick, you are no longer caught off guard by this shtick.
    — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Hart finds new ways to riff on his little-man-in-a-big-world shtick.
    — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • And that's sort of part of the shtick of that campaign anyway.
    — NBC News, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Why do these shticks elicit such delight?
    — Elise Broach, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • As their name suggests, their main shtick is to help plan out your finances.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 22 Jan. 2024
  • On these two shows shtick is valued as much (maybe even more) as substance.
    — Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2024
  • The character may be tiny but his big shtick is hard to resist.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2019
  • Trump’s shtick about the wall doesn’t even rise to the level of truthiness, let alone truth.
    — Eugene Robinson, The Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2017
  • The shtick grew a little old, a little stale, and a little tired.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • The flintiness about every little thing is part of their shtick.
    — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Harbaugh’s staff seems to be getting as tired of his shtick as recruits.
    — David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • His handle isn’t far enough along for his shtick to completely work in the pros.
    — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 5 Feb. 2018
  • At this point, those of us with both feet firmly planted on the black side of things get her whole shtick.
    — Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 25 Aug. 2017
  • But the singer has decided to retire the lyrical shtick this time around.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024
  • So how the Oscars will look like going for it and their whole shtick could turn off of this year.
    — James Brown, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Turns out a lot of people these days like what Berlant cheekily calls her shtick.
    — Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Nov. 2022
  • For the good of the industry, the Winklevoss twins should find a new shtick.
    — Byjeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 11 Aug. 2023
  • That’s why my whole shtick on the internet about the bird tweeted a D-sharp.
    — Nate Sloan, Vulture, 28 May 2024
  • Loop parking lots placed them on cars, and the combination of words and shtick turned the trick.
    — Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 3 Mar. 2022
  • In fact all the contestants should have some similar kind of shtick, just as many teams do in dugouts.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2023
  • At times, new episodes elicit the same emotions as the first season, but sometimes the shtick falls flat.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 15 June 2018
  • But this year, the Grammys turned back into an awards show — too much shtick, not enough music.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Part of the brothers’ shtick is their tireless commitment to the products they are paid to shill.
    — Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 8 Jan. 2026

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