How to Use sticky note in a Sentence

sticky note

noun
  • Tacked to the walls were posters and precinct maps flecked with yellow sticky notes.
    Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The years of school lunches are long gone, but her sticky note game is still strong.
    Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2018
  • Sprinkle salt over the string and ice cube in one of the glasses, and mark this glass with a sticky note.
    Sabine De Brabandere, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Lock me in a room for three days with a team of five strangers and a stack of sticky notes as high as your eye.
    Paul Ford, Wired, 19 May 2020
  • Please write this on a sticky note, and place it wherever your eyes land.
    Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The best a pharmacist could do was add her name to a sticky note next to the cash register.
    Emily Woodruff, NOLA.com, 16 Jan. 2021
  • Kim shared the list of haters on her Instagram — names scribbled out on a bunch of green sticky notes.
    Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Marple began putting sticky notes on a classroom map to mark where those who had replied are from.
    Katy Bergen, kansascity, 9 Jan. 2018
  • A lot of emotion can be expressed within the confines of a sticky note.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN, 14 May 2021
  • Next to his computer is a large black law book with hundreds of sticky notes in it.
    cincinnati.com, 13 June 2019
  • The last day to answer those questions via sticky note is Sunday, Feb. 23.
    Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al, 18 Feb. 2020
  • Then throw away those sticky notes: Your Full Focus plan is your new, improved to-do list.
    Emily Baumgaertner, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2020
  • Or, for those who prefer the old-school sticky note method, there are even online versions of those as well.
    Peter Boyd, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Everyone at the table has to stick a word to their forehead using a sticky note.
    Carly Breit, Country Living, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Jot your reason for running down on a sticky note or journal.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2020
  • After handing the teller the sticky note with a demand for money, left the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash.
    Adam Sabes, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Taylor wrote the mother’s phone number down in pen on an orange sticky note.
    Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2021
  • The students examined the photo and jotted down questions on sticky notes, which were then placed on the posters.
    Sarah Larimer, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2017
  • Keep it mental, write them down on a sticky note, or even text them to a friend or family member.
    Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 11 Jan. 2021
  • Each idea should be written on a different sticky note.
    Lucie Marchelot Shukla, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022
  • This cute sticky note set can be used by teachers to leave notes for students and reminders for themselves.
    Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2023
  • My hope is that readers will complete my recipes and add their own sticky notes or share their own versions with their friends.
    Todd Plummer, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2019
  • In other words, don't keep your Google account backup codes on a sticky note next to your laptop.
    David Nield, Wired, 12 July 2020
  • Because this person wasn’t identified in the sticky notes.
    Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 9 Oct. 2019
  • And tonight, maybe that is what this little yellow sticky note under my cup of coffee is trying to tell me.
    Seth Kantner, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2018
  • By filling out a sticky note with a failure story, the innovator gets a piece of cake.
    Ellevate, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The prosecutor silently jotted a couple words down on a sticky note and passed it to the judge, Stewart told AL.com.
    Amy Yurkanin | Ayurkanin@al.com, al, 26 July 2023
  • The sticky notes will be sold for $10 a piece, with 20 percent of sales going toward Sugar Space to fund supplies and future shows.
    Susie Schmank, Indianapolis Star, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Some sport star- and circle-shaped stickers; special cases are marked with neon sticky notes.
    Mike Morris, chicagotribune.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • One Lennon Wall in the busy Mong Kok district in a claw-machine arcade even got around the problem by putting up sticky notes on its glass walls from inside the store.
    Isabella Steger, Quartz, 9 July 2019

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