stick

Example Sentences

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He picked up right where he left off with a birdie at the second, sticking his approach six feet from the pin.

From Barron's

Growing up in 1980s Britain, Tarnia recalled him having "a lot of stick" and he struggled with the prejudice he received, getting into trouble with the police for being an "easy target" she said.

From BBC

Party members who spoke to the BBC said the speech was well received, praising it for sticking to traditional Conservative messaging while also confronting separatism — what one member called "the elephant in the room".

From BBC

The colorful Moira Rose was a city socialite and former soap opera star before her family’s fortune turned and they wound up living in “the sticks,” surrounded by simple folk.

From Los Angeles Times

“A Poet” is neither, though, as if suspicious of sticking to one tone when the subject is as vast as art.

From Los Angeles Times