Definition: 1. Having the properties of glue. 2. Moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body. 3. Hot or warm and humid. 4. Hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment.
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Use 'sticky' in a sentence:
1. This rice cake is very sticky.
2. At its tip there is a kind of sticky pad.
3. It's that nasty, sticky, sweet kind.
4. The Dragon-boat festival is one of our traditional festivals. On that day, people will eat sticky rice dumplings and dragon boat races.
5. I hope you will clean out all those sticky old sweet papers and empty envelopes from your drawer this time.
6. Arminius also came to a sticky end, murdered by his own troops.
7. Blood becomes stickier to help coagulation in case of a cut.
8. Like sticky capsules filled with jelly.
9. The idea that house prices are "sticky" and do not fall as demand falls should be of great comfort to homeowners.
10. There is some sticky stuff on my trousers.
11. This paste is not sticky enough.
12. It is very sticky indeed.
13. Usually, this is accomplished by means of sticky traps, a kind of fly paper on which they become increasingly stuck.
14. "Man's heart" in Yeats is "resinous"; it's sticky filth that flames.
15. The third step is to place a sticky microscope slide horizontally at each station.
16. A midge gathers pollen from a cacao flower by sticking its head inside a "petal pouch" that contains both pollen and a sticky nectar reward.
17. Do you know those little sticky notes?
18. The bark was stretched over frames made from tree branches, stitched together and sealed with resin—you know that the sticky liquid that comes out of the tree—and when it dries, it's watertight.
19. Then, she put a sticky picture on me and wrote something on me!
20. The paint is still sticky.
21. My hands are a bit sticky.
22. It is a sticky colorless film that coats the teeth.
23. He'll come to a sticky end one of these days if he carries on like that.
24. Like glass ceiling, sticky floor is a metaphor2 for the occupational frustrations3 of workers.
25. Put all the stuff into the box and seal it tightly with sticky tape.
26. This is a sticky business.
27. It is a sticky service.
28. Sticky weather in May and June clobbered sales of Thorntons' chocolates.
29. It was warm and sticky last week.
30. Here is a sticky business!
31. The afternoon was hot, sticky and airless.
32. Work the flour and yeast mixture together until you have a sticky dough.
33. Portals attempt to create what they call sticky content to keep a user as long as possible.
34. This sticky compound adheres well on this surface.
35. Inevitably the transition will yield some sticky moments.
36. Everywhere in the house was a sticky trail of orange juice.
37. Peel away the sticky paper.
38. This old stamp isn't sticky any more; I shall have to gum it down onto the envelope.
39. My fingers gummed together as the sticky candy melted in my hand.
40. Stir in the milk to make a soft but not sticky dough.
41. They prised open a sticky can of blue paint.
42. If the dough is sticky, add more flour.
43. The knob is only held on by sticky tape.
44. The plant exudes a sticky fluid.
45. It was pleasantly cool in the house after the sticky heat outside.
46. Her research was going through a sticky patch.
47. He watched her peel and dissect a pear neatly, no mess, no sticky fingers.
48. For dessert, enjoy a unique twist on a traditional dish. Caramelized lychee sauce accompanies the sticky rice in lotus root.
49. She takes a handful of ash, the flakes are large and sticky.
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