lick

Example Sentences

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Across two hours, Buckley’s Bride shoots, kicks, contorts, dances, scrapes, whizzes, licks and screams, all the while coming no closer to her true self than she was at the start of the film.

From Salon

Then I felt something and looked down to see one of the other dogs—named Duberry—licking the wound in my leg.

From Literature

As I stroked him, he jumped up to lick my face.

From Literature

She whined a little and began to lick my face.

From Literature

I skidded to a stop, yanking my shirt up above my mouth and nose as the flames licked hungrily up the walls.

From Literature