slick
Example Sentences
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To that end, this skillet starts, as many good things do, with a slick of olive oil shimmering in the pan.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
When we attend a graduation ceremony at the slick and freshly painted Choithram International School, where she is the keynote speaker, girls stop to chat with her as they collect their diplomas.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Her eyes are accentuated with a slick of winged black eyeliner.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
Fans who have long mourned F1’s transformation from hell-for-leather test of nerve into slick entertainment product see this as merely the latest in a string of measures to sanitize the sport.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
“Let me slick back your hair with this pomade.”
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
Vocabulary lists containing slick
The Skin I'm In
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