sticks

Example Sentences

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Each family lives between four walls of cardboard surrounded by sheets held up by wires and sticks for privacy.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

When the city starts to swelter, the smell of trash sticks ineradicably to a garbageman’s body and soul.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use – people cleaning their teeth with sticks or fibers, or easing gum pain with makeshift “toothpicks.”

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

But there is one final - and one player in particular - that sticks in the Frenchman's mind.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

A light snow lay on the ground and it was hard to find the sticks and twigs with which a small stove was kept going in each room.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom