sticky

Example Sentences

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It was hard to run balls on to the greens because of the sticky approaches, but the sloping putting surfaces were often too firm to hold.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

For the next 49,000 years, the sticky pits captured virtually everything that fell or walked onto them, from grains of pollen borne by the wind to hapless ancient camels and Columbian mammoths.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Stocks, meanwhile, are likely to navigate the current labor market resurgence, and the Fed rate-hike wagers that come with it—even with a sticky patch of challenges for the market expected over the coming weeks.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The beige book is “the latest warning sign that inflation is quickly turning into a sticky problem,” said Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Terrible winds and thunderstorms had swept through Washington early that morning, dissolving the dirt streets into a sticky muck of soil and garbage.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson