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Example sentences for: stick

How can you use “stick” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

These days, Helms' allies are trying to present him as a moderate, accommodating figure, but that image won't stick.
I'm uneasy with it because it goes against the values I was brought up with: you tell the truth, stick to your principles, and face the consequences of your actions.
A few stick up for the embattled author, arguing that though "the ideas expressed aren't complicated," Purdy "grapples with them with a seriousness that puts more seasoned--and ironic--commentators to shame" ( Publishers Weekly ). Walter Kirn, writing in Time , seems a bit gleeful at the fact that "the brainy nature boy has stormed the capital, panicking the languid sophisticates with an unfashionably passionate attack on the dangers of passionlessness," only to later concede that the book is "an arduous read that would test the syntactical skills of a tenured professor."
The Bush people say the results of their effort aren't in yet, but they're optimistic and expect to stick with Internet advertising.
Just as an example: I almost wish I didn't know that the inscription Emma Bovary put on the walking stick she gave to her lover, Rodolphe, was stolen verbatim from a gift that Gustave Flaubert got himself, from his lover Louise Colet.