Sticking

Examples

• Laurie obediently threw himself down on the turf, and began to amuse himself by sticking daisies into the ribbons of Amy's hat, that lay there. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• In those days the natives around these forests (who were half Indian and half Negro) happened to find some of this juice sticking on the tree. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• So the poor knight is to be left sticking in the hedge, is he? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Well, I suppose it wants some years of sticking to, before you master it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It was sticking out of him in all directions. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Is there summ'at deadly sticking to my clothes? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• If I, as a honest tradesman, succeed in providing a jinte of meat or two, none of your not touching of it, and sticking to bread. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The sticking machine is of a simple construction, but is wonderful in operation, and requires no attention by the operator, except to keep it supplied with pins and papers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• As the substance is ordinarily softened by heat it is necessary to take some means to prevent it from sticking to the mould. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• It was of circular form, incased in iron, with the ends of several small magnets sticking through the floor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Going along the dock I saw two small smokestacks sticking up, and looking down saw a little boat. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Why, in not sticking to him when you had him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Nine years later, Samuel Slocum, of Connecticut, invented a new machine for sticking the pins on papers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I like Featherstones that were brewed such, and not turned Featherstones with sticking the name on 'em. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Henceforth the sticking of the finger into flame means a burn. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Sticking to him is the word,' said Fledgeby. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• By sticking to it till one or two in the morning, I get oblivion. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• From there the pins go to the sticking department, where they are stuck on papers as you buy them. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He felt as if some of the clay were sticking cold and unclean, on his heart. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• This might have stopped another man; but Bar, sticking to him fresh as ever, said, 'As to pears, now? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The pins are put into a vibrating hopper, which slopes slightly towards the sticking machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He is a mild, bald, timid man with a shining head and a scrubby clump of black hair sticking out at the back. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But I know that I shall never be easy in my mind until I know what has become of my poor man with the sticking-plaster upon his face. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I did, at least; but I had my doubts of Peggotty, who was thoughtfully sticking her needle into various parts of her face and arms, all the time. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I wish you would, answered Amy, for I hate him; but, as to Julia, it's nonsense her sticking up for Mildmay, he only laughs at the idea. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The eldest, Miss Jemima, wore a sort of a false rump, sticking out so, and Leinster put himself into a most ludicrous attitude. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He has blunted the blade of his penknife and broken the point off by sticking that instrument into his desk in every direction. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It made a sticking noise as it gave. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It looks like quartz crystals sticking up out of the dark hollow. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• And fancy a little, quiet, country gentleman like myself, sticking such a thing as that on his head! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.

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