How to Use lick in a Sentence

lick

1 of 2 verb

• The dog licked at the plate.
• The cat licked the milk off her paws.
• She licked the sauce off her finger.
• He licked the stamp before putting it on the envelope.
• Flames were already licking at the ceiling.
• Flames were already licking the ceiling.
• The flames in the Karu licked across the roof of the oven.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 8 Mar. 2023
• The Browns now have the bye week to lick their wounds and try again the beat the Ravens at home Dec. 12th.
  — cleveland, 28 Nov. 2021
• The flames lick at the book, but the pages remain intact.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 24 May 2022
• These dogs will start to lick my feet or nip at my skirt.
  — Judith Martin, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2022
• Eat the rest of the Cheetos and lick every finger and don’t feel guilty!
  — Allison Hope, CNN, 13 Feb. 2023
• These teams might meet again, but first, the Bulldogs need to lick their wounds.
  — Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2021
• The break should give the Clippers time to lick the wounds from their recent slide.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2022
• The non-guard dog even licks the man on the face, prompting laugher and smiles.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
• Van Gogh then licks the outside of the bag, smearing the paint across the canvas.
  — Molly Enking, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2023
• Dogs may lick our faces and cats will gladly sneeze in them.
  — Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
• Some caution against holding food in the palm or licking any part of the hand.
  — Ligaya Mishan Kyoko Hamada, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
• Even though it wasn’t planned, the Mustangs will get a little more time to rest and lick their wounds.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 26 Sep. 2022
• The pyrotechnics ignited the sound-proofing foam near the stage, and the flames licked their way up the wall.
  — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2023
• To brush your dog's teeth, put a small amount of toothpaste on the bristles of the brush and then let your dog lick it off.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2022
• When Lily fell head first from her bike, Max had rushed to lick her better.
  — Allegra Goodman, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
• As more people arrived, the sea of jerseys and baseball caps licked the edges of the lot.
  — Claire O’Callahan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
• In the chaos, David’s mother, Yolanda Dizon, fell, and flames licked her arms and legs.
  — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2023
• The German shepherd licked his face and rolled at his feet and ran in circles around him.
  — John Carlisle, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2022
• Just lick a screwdriver and jam it into the right plug.
  — Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2021
• Sometimes the signals are faint pulses that lick the back of your mind.
  — Nick Fuller Googins, Men's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
• Some cats don’t like the feeling of the topical treatment on their skin and try to lick it off.
  — Jennifer Manfrin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2023
• The Way of Water as flames lick the surface of the water around the sinking vessel.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2022
• Don’t let your dog lick your mouth and face after eating.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 18 Feb. 2022
• Even the pollen that might get on your cat’s fur and be licked off when the animal cleans itself is toxic.
  — Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Mar. 2024

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lick

2 of 2 noun

• It just needs a lick of paint.
• Could I have a lick of your ice cream?
• As the song approached in the set, Les tried to put the lick out of his mind.
  — Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2020
• The $2 pup cup is a gift that your pup will savor to the last lick.
  — Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2023
• And the soupe à l’oignon has a thick, sweet lick, a bruleed cheese cap and a touch of fall spice.
  — Dominic Armato, azcentral, 3 Jan. 2020
• The only reminder of a saffron sauce was a lick of gold in the bowl.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022
• There is very, very little about F9: The Fast Saga that makes a lick of sense.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 13 May 2023
• It’s no longer a case of just a quick lick of polish, either.
  — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2022
• There’s not much to go on yet, as the debut trailer doesn’t show a lick of in-game footage.
  — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 19 Oct. 2019
• Surely, the time is ripe for Activision to give the series a new lick of paint on the Switch.
  — Andy Robertson, Forbes, 18 May 2021
• Who told good stories and laughed a lot and didn’t care a lick about what anybody thought.
  — Peter Orner, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021
• Nobody with a lick of sense tried to take an extra base on that guy.
  — J.d. Crowe | [e-mail], al, 13 Oct. 2020
• In the 1990s, Dr. John lent his funky vocal and piano licks to a Popeyes jingle.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 1 Aug. 2023
• Good thing, because the story — the script is by Michael Waldron — doesn’t make a lick of sense.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2022
• Plush and full and balanced aromas of red fruit with a lick of menthol.
  — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023
• One of them, the great Spooner Oldham (David Simpson), comes up with a lick on the organ.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2021
• When sharing licks of ice cream with friends didn’t cause a shudder to go down your spine.
  — oregonlive, 15 July 2023
• In the video, Sterling picks up her spoon while sitting in her high chair and passes it to her dog for a lick.
  — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 10 Feb. 2022
• Check out its menu of over 40 flavors, from vanilla to matcha, for a sweet end-of-summer lick.
  — Donna M. Owens, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2023
• Even with the lick strategy, there are too many curves and points and sharp edges, and the little piece at the top would have to be detached.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
• Hasn’t made a lick of difference and my shoulders thank me.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2022
• But Desir got in a few key licks of his own, showing up when the Colts needed him most.
  — Joel A. Erickson, Indianapolis Star, 22 Oct. 2019
• Charlie knew every push, every lick, how to count the odd bars, the words to the song, every nuance.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2021
• Suave tannins, a lick of minestrone and apricot on the finish.
  — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 31 July 2022
• Give Betty a break and try using whole-grain flour, or a lick of pureed pumpkin.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 3 Feb. 2023
• Sutton needs so much from Crystal, and Crystal won't give her a lick of it.
  — Jodi Walker, EW.com, 8 July 2021
• At least Daryl got in a good lick — two, really — before that.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2020
• That makes the lunar South Pole, a basin on the far side of the moon that hasn’t seen a lick of sunlight in 2 billion years, an ideal place to look.
  — Katrina Miller, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2022
• Bonuses and Promotions Every casino with a lick of sense knows that a hearty welcome bonus is the best way to get fresh faces in the front door.
  — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2024
• This is a comedy and to me, there’s not a lick of fat on this thing from Howard Ashman, who was just such an extraordinary dramaturge.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024