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Example sentences for: sticking

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Sticking rigidly to the authenticity criteria can be a problem, argues Tom Gilbert of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona.
Voluntarily sticking to higher standards of ethics will raise societal respect for the industry (currently being battered for greed) and attract a more talented workforce, and may even help the current efforts to reform the tort law.
A courtier worthy of Shakespeare, Holbrooke is legendary for his flattery and back stabbing, and even for buttering someone up and sticking the knife in at the same time.
Hauffe is the quintessential depiction of the Nazi as Frankenstein, with the bolts sticking out of his helmet--but then what isn't mystifying about that regime's allure?
I say bpthhhh (sticking my tongue out to review)--don't be sending me anything dissing my movie:):):)