How to Use stick in a Sentence
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This will help the glaze stick.
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Ashia Aubourg,
Outside,
10 Feb. 2026
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Her legs and arms were white sticks.
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Stephen King,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
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Roast them over a fire with a stick?
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Dianna Douglas,
NPR,
28 June 2026
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So, are peel-and-stick tiles worth it?
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Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
11 Feb. 2026
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Then a right cross with stick still in hand.
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Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
5 Mar. 2026
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And did this child know how to drive stick?
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Weike Wang,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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Buzelis can’t let the ball stick in his hands.
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Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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Matt with his stick; the reaper with his scythe.
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Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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But if the deal sticks, yes, those ships are there.
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ABC News,
14 June 2026
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His use of his stick has been better.
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Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
19 Oct. 2025
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The incense sticks are easy to use.
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Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
30 May 2026
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Either paste the wall or peel and stick.
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Kaitlyn Keegan,
Hartford Courant,
4 Jan. 2026
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Maybe a guy is squeezing his stick.
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Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
14 Sep. 2025
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Trenin’s stick broke, so Makar went to the box.
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Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
27 Feb. 2026
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That’s the kind of learning that sticks.
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Gerald Bradshaw,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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Matt comes nearer with his stick.
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Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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That margin is about the width of his stick.
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Murat Ates,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Carrots rather than sticks make sense to us.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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Oh, and at one point, yes, there's a pig's head on a stick.
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Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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So, how are these new sticks working out for him?
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Matt Reigle Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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Please note this will not work with stick incense.
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Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
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Still want to put peel-and-stick in a bathroom?
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Shagun Khare,
Martha Stewart,
16 Apr. 2026
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Never doubt chicks with sticks.
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Usa Today,
USA Today,
30 Dec. 2025
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Which sunscreen sticks are best?
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Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
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That’s when the learning sticks.
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Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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Big, big money with sticks like that in this line of work.
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Selome Hailu,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2026
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The thought swings through her, like a burning stick through night air.
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Maggie O’Farrell,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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And Matt was whacking them with his stick.
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Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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The boys donned headgear and faced off, one on one, with padded sticks.
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Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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The puck bounced off the ice and then off the blade of Barkov’s stick.
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Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2024
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And that’s where founders get stuck.
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Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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With all this ice, barges get stuck.
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Megan Shinn,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Pick the wrong line and you’re stuck.
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Fergus Scholes,
TheWeek,
30 Jan. 2026
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But the name didn’t stick for long.
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Ryan Brennan
april 14,
Kansas City Star,
14 Apr. 2026
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Hold your head high, stick your chest out.
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Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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My own words too are stuck in my throat.
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Sayantani Dasgupta
february 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
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But Ivenet’s charges didn’t stick.
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Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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The sole’s ridges don’t lift and stick all at once.
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Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
25 Feb. 2026
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Her voice is the one singing the song stuck in your head.
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Deena Zaru,
ABC News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Clear away any twigs or leaves that are stuck in the grates.
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Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2026
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But wipe your brow, roll up your sleeves, and get stuck in.
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Tim Pitt,
Robb Report,
18 May 2026
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That’s an idea that stuck in my brain, but that’s not a movie.
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Damon Wise,
Deadline,
12 May 2026
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There are many reasons a stock gets stuck.
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Zev Fima,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2026
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They never got stuck in one thing too long.
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Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
15 June 2026
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The ball stuck near the bottom of the fence.
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Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
21 June 2026
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Try sticking your head to that.
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Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The ball still sticks in his hands on offense.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Daytime highs will be stuck in the teens.
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Terry Eliasen,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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We’ve all been stuck at that table.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Why do some habits stick while others fade?
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Cheryl Russell,
Oc Register,
11 Apr. 2026
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Braid my hair at the top, sticking straight up.
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Stephanie Mansfield,
Vogue,
2 Nov. 2025
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Now, at 22, Rue is still stuck.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
8 Apr. 2026
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Use a weed fork to remove any roots that are stuck.
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2026
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Hand-cut hearts are stuck onto many, too.
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Hannah Kirby,
jsonline.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Students say the lessons stick.
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Daniel Wilkerson,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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But this is not the substance of the speech that sticks.
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Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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Martin stuck the trick and threw a fist through the air.
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Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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People didn’t want to stick their neck out for this band.
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Mac Engel
april 20,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2026
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Now, the fear is getting sick or stuck far from home.
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Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Nope, that didn’t stick, either.
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Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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