Stuck

Examples

• I took four lessons, and then I stuck fast in a grammatical bog. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Probably he prepared the ground for his sowing with a pole, or a pole upon which he had stuck a stag's horn. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A pretty figure I'd be, wouldn't I, stuck behind that chap on a pillion? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Tom cast a hasty glance at the upper part of the house as he threw the reins to the hostler, and stuck the whip in the box. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Cedric hath another javelin stuck into his girdle, and thou knowest he does not always miss his mark. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The paper is now advanced the proper distance, and another row is stuck. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Primitivo brought the pine branches and Robert Jordan stuck them through the snow into the unfrozen earth, arching them over the gun from either side. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• My legs in the dirty bandages, stuck straight out in the bed. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Don't be long,' said the spinster affectionately, as Mr. Jingle stuck the pinched-up hat on his head. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• At noon we were stuck in a muddy road about, as nearly as we could figure, ten kilometres from Udine. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• With these words, Mr. Jingle stuck on his hat in his old fashion, and strode out of the room. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Why, I'd as soon have a spit put through me, and be stuck upon a card in a collection of beetles, as lead the life I have been leading here. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It's humane too, gen'l'men, acause, even if they've stuck in the chimbley, roasting their feet makes 'em struggle to hextricate theirselves. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Here self-defence was impossible, and individual drops stuck into her like the arrows into Saint Sebastian. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• They walked along rapidly up the snow-road, that was marked by withered branches of trees stuck in at intervals. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Then one day he stuck his staff in the ground about half-way between the places of the morning and the evening shadows, which served as a noon mark. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It makes him very disagreeable, because it makes his breath bad, and keeps his teeth all stuck up with tar. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Loaves stuck on the points of bayonets, green boughs stuck in gun-barrels. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• 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.
• When a bird rises from the ground it leaps up with head stuck out and expanded tail, so that the body is in the position of a boy’s kite when thrown up. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The cherub went before, all beaming smiles; Bella and John Rokesmith followed; Gruff and Glum stuck to them like wax. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• When the center of the paper is reached, after six rows have been stuck, the machine automatically spaces the paper so as to skip the space used for the brand name. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This notice he stuck upon the door with a small sharp splinter of wood. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• He knew what a savage determined man Osborne was, and how he stuck by his word. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The two friends read the handbill as it stuck against the wall, and Gaffer read them as he held the light. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Wal, Lucy was real aggravatin' and lazy, sulkin' round; wouldn't do nothin,--and Tom he stuck up for her. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• For my part, I stuck fast by the plain facts as we knew them. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She wore short petticoats, and a small French bonnet stuck at the top of her head. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It was a stout pale pudding, heavy and flabby, and with great flat raisins in it, stuck in whole at wide distances apart. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The Sikhs, the Gurkhas, the Punjab troops stuck to the British. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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