How to Use schtick in a Sentence

schtick

noun

• Some celebrities aren’t big fans of Daniels’ schtick, though.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2024
• The rain made for a somber occasion that is long part of the Widows’ schtick.
  — al, 27 Feb. 2022
• 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
• 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
• With the right dance, dog or schtick, anyone has a shot at going viral these days.
  — Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2023
• Unlike Goober, though, Tammy dropped her schtick quickly and spoke more frankly about the stakes.
  — Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2022
• 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
• Other people think his walk-and-talk schtick got old one Newsroom ago.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2022
• 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
• 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
• Plus, Ryan Reynolds' goofy good-guy schtick is perfect for Guy, the title character.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Aug. 2021
• On cue, the day before the election, Trump resurrected his blame game schtick.
  — Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2021
• Priscilla commits to her whole go-big-or-go-home schtick and chooses Ashley.
  — Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2021
• 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
• 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
• And yet much of it felt stiff and sleepy: few jokes, minimal schtick, no musical numbers.
  — NBC News, 25 Apr. 2021
• Kucinich’s political schtick may also be old-hat at this point.
  — cleveland, 5 May 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Caesar, otherwise known as Frank Ferrante, has left the building carrying his schtick on his back.
  — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 28 Feb. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• At business software giant Salesforce, Ohana is their entire schtick.
  — Kylie Robison, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2023
• 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
• 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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