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Example sentences for: sticks

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

pollynose a maple seed that one splits apart and sticks to the bridge of the nose
If the government cuts your taxes by $1,000 and sticks your grandchildren with the bill--say $2,000 with accumulated interest--you don't have to spend the $1,000.
The description of work inside a frozen foods warehouse, where wheezing lugs destroy their health hefting 80 pound ice bricks of fish sticks, is worthy of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle . The recounting of a brutal "workout" session, in which bankers try to break a defaulting debtor down psychologically, is brilliantly drawn, as are the scenes set in a dehumanized Oakland prison.
A poor unsophisticated person may be called a ranchero or ranchera, implying he or she is from the countryside, the sticks, and a hick.
This flexibility lets businesses figure out the cheapest way to reduce emissions while government sticks to setting the overall emission cap at a level that guarantees that industry meets ambitious air quality goals.