How to Use schtick in a Sentence
schtick
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Some celebrities aren’t big fans of Daniels’ schtick, though.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2024
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The rain made for a somber occasion that is long part of the Widows’ schtick.
—al, 27 Feb. 2022
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Dalio’s schtick is to analyze past patterns and use them to try and make sense of the future.
—Alan Murray, Fortune, 7 Jan. 2022
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To some, this may play as a surgery nightmare, but Paul promises the woman is fully in on the schtick.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022
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With the right dance, dog or schtick, anyone has a shot at going viral these days.
—Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2023
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Unlike Goober, though, Tammy dropped her schtick quickly and spoke more frankly about the stakes.
—Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2022
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The talk is a punchy, 15-minute version of my usual cosmology-and-the-arrow-of-time schtick.
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2011
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Other people think his walk-and-talk schtick got old one Newsroom ago.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2022
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But what takes his work to a different level is that behind the schtick is all sorts of substance.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2023
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During his first year or two in Anaheim, Mizuhara talked softly and didn’t carry a big schtick.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
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Plus, Ryan Reynolds' goofy good-guy schtick is perfect for Guy, the title character.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Aug. 2021
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On cue, the day before the election, Trump resurrected his blame game schtick.
—Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2021
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Priscilla commits to her whole go-big-or-go-home schtick and chooses Ashley.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2021
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The lap dance bit was part of Jackman's schtick as Allen in the Broadway performances, and Parker was far from the first celebrity who got the question.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2022
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But the wizard's whole schtick is that everyone can be worthy of such power if given the chance.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 July 2022
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And yet much of it felt stiff and sleepy: few jokes, minimal schtick, no musical numbers.
—NBC News, 25 Apr. 2021
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Kucinich’s political schtick may also be old-hat at this point.
—cleveland, 5 May 2021
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All the pieces work fine — its gray and noisy world is fully realized and each character has a clearly defining schtick.
—Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2020
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Surely the guy’s schtick is more than a little theatrical, and the woman recording him sounds somewhat rehearsed as well.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024
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But Lee’s schtick is not just a poor reflection on himself but also on his religion.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
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But the conflicted genius schtick that Altman and his OpenAI coterie are putting on is wearing thin.
—Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023
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Caesar, otherwise known as Frank Ferrante, has left the building carrying his schtick on his back.
—Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 28 Feb. 2022
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Brooks takes things a step further and re-creates comedy schtick, songs from The Producers, full scenes from Blazing Saddles.
—Marshall Heyman, Vulture, 21 Dec. 2021
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Think fast Iambic pentameter this is not, but Carpenter’s schtick of cheeky, PG-13 rhymes showed off a pop star who isn’t afraid to laugh, especially at her own expense.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 17 May 2024
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Those of us who were there felt the excitement and enthusiasm, much of it whipped up by DJ Mal-Ski (as annoying as his schtick sometimes must be to those of us over a certain age).
—Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 16 May 2024
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And yet, given his new take-no-prisoners masters, Biden is forbidden by the Left to move to the center by playacting his old Joe from Scranton schtick.
—Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 29 Sep. 2020
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Corso is so ingrained in the fabric of that program, that anyone trying to replace him, or reinvent his schtick, will fall hopelessly short.
—Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Mar. 2022
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At business software giant Salesforce, Ohana is their entire schtick.
—Kylie Robison, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2023
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Prince was able to embody femininity in his presentation that didn’t feel like a gimmick or a schtick.
—Malcolm-Aimé Musoni, EW.com, 13 Nov. 2020
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Her preferred method for delivering her message is the variety show: a little schtick, a little song, a little taboo talk.
—New York Times, 15 July 2022
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