licked

Example Sentences

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The pumpkin rice and peas, seasoned with thyme, from Dominica was a good complement to the Trinidadian curry shrimp, whose pot was licked clean.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

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 • Dec. 17, 2025

He swaggered out into this magnificent drum of noise with a gallus grin, licked his lips, made straight for Marchand's blocks, and gave them a shunt.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2024

That same year, 1950, was when hapless Herman Tissies, the German amateur, got licked by the Postage Stamp, taking 15 shots to complete the devilish par-three.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2024

A six-foot boa constrictor dropped from one of the bottle trees' branches and licked its tongue out at Ella.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton