lick

Example Sentences

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I licked both my hands and ran them through my shortish hair, slicking down any clumps that were sticking up.

From Literature

Now the leopard is licking their faces, and they are bewildered.

From Salon

Value investors in the U.S. have spent the past decade licking their wounds as a result.

From Barron's

As the flames of the Palisades fire licked at his home, Ricardo Kawamura stood in his front yard watching smoke pour out of a second-story window.

From Los Angeles Times

Conditions in Adelaide - a flat pitch, baking sun and Australia batting first - would have had Smith licking his lips.

From BBC