crick

Example Sentences

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They may end up with more than a crick in their neck.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

It had been a stunning first half, a six-try epic that gave you a crick in your neck such was the flow from one end to the other.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025

Various courts have since let us know that nope, 'twas merely a small crick against the doomsday direction in which we were previously heading.

From Salon • Aug. 6, 2021

I may have a permanent crick in my neck from lugging a substantial dog basket home from outside a mansion in Primrose Hill.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 12, 2018

She packed us more than we could eat if we got lost for a week and never found the crick.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck