How to Use kick in in a Sentence

kick in

verb

• Kane buried the spot kick in the 54th, tying the score.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2022
• That’s when the good stuff—the joy and the meaning—kick in.
  — Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 7 July 2022
• Kind of had to give him a big brother kick in the butt about it.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2022
• There are a lot of instincts, a lot of things that kick in and switch on.
  — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2023
• So what takes a while to kick in will also stay a while.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 July 2022
• The drums kick in shortly after and rarely let up over the record’s hour.
  — Mark Richardson, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2022
• That’s where my patience, as well as my faith, had to kick in.
  — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
• That’s where the cable portion of this drop set kicks in.
  — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
• By the time the chorus of that song kicked in, a small group of dancers had gathered in the space between the screen and the front row.
  — Amy Phillips, Pitchfork, 16 Oct. 2023
• The more equity investors kick in for the deal, the less Musk has to pay on his own.
  — CBS News, 26 Oct. 2022
• The app comes with 10 free messages and then paid plans kick in after that.
  — Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
• Once the genes kick in and your hair turns white, the melanin that created the hair color is gone.
  — Fiona Embleton, Allure, 4 Nov. 2022
• But at top volumes, the DSP kicks in and really thins out the lows.
  — PCMAG, 30 May 2024
• The real fun kicked in when Rome got up to use his Steal-a-Vote and used it on… Kishan.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
• They got married in 2015, but now the seven-year itch has kicked in and the pair are dunzo.
  — Vulture, 17 July 2023
• The Blue Raiders, in, fact, have nine players on the team who have blocked at least one kick in their career.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
• Two deputies went a few houses down the street from the caller and found a door that appeared to have been kicked in.
  — CBS News, 3 Aug. 2024
• But sometimes a kick in the tail is needed to help spur real change.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
• And in the second half, the Broncos’ resiliency kicked in.
  — Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 26 Nov. 2024
• The new refund rules could kick in as soon as early next year, the people said.
  — David Benoit, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
• Some, like one in Maryland, kick in only once the court is involved.
  — Aidan Gardiner, New York Times, 18 July 2023
• First up, Chelsea Paris's chain-link loafers with extra kick in the heel—now 60 percent off.
  — Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Sep. 2022
• The music kicks in, and the camera pans over to none other than Creed, who are ready to rock out on a small ledge.
  — Anna Chan, Billboard, 1 Feb. 2024
• Madison had been told that armed men kicked in the door of the home of J.C.’s sister, who lived next door to J.C. with her son.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
• Parsons told reporters he got kicked in the leg and will have the injury checked out.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2023
• The zone around the United Center kicks in at 7 p.m. the next day, with streets in the area expected to reopen Aug. 23.
  — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2024
• The motor will kick in to help push up hills, or hold back on downhills to save parents’ backs.
  — Chris Stokel-Walker, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
• Reading this in the context of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade felt, to me, like a kick in the butt.
  — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 18 Aug. 2022
• The franchise logo doesn’t appear, and the John Williams fanfare doesn’t kick in.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2022
• Robert went to get his gun – one his father gave him in 1958 that is registered in Robert's name – and within seconds, the burglar allegedly tried to kick in the door to the backroom where Robert and his grandsons were.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024