LICK in a Sentence

lick

 v.  draw or pass the tongue over; pass or lap quickly and rapidly; beat thoroughly in a competition or fight

1  I'll bet we could lick the Yankees in a month if all the militia of all the states went to Virginia.

Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX

2  They could and did lick the Yankees every time the Yankees would stand and fight.

Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII

3  Then, there was a crash of falling timbers near by and Scarlett saw a thin tongue of flame lick up over the roof of the warehouse in whose sheltering shadow they sat.

Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII

4  Hunger gnawed at her empty stomach again and she said aloud: "As God is my witness, as God is my witness, the Yankees aren't going to lick me."

Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV

5  "I'll bet your pa never hit a darky a lick in his life," said Frank.

Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI

6  There warn't nothin that come to him FROM THE OUTSIDE that could lick him.

Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL

7  There ain't nothin FROM THE OUTSIDE can lick any of us.

Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL

8  There ain't nothin that walks can lick us, any more than it could lick him, not Yankees nor Carpetbaggers nor hard times nor high taxes nor even downright starvation.

Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL

9  But that weakness that's in our hearts can lick us in the time it takes to bat your eye.

Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL

10  The whole world can't lick us but we can lick ourselves by longing too hard for things we haven't got any more--and by remembering too much.

Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL

11  All she wanted was a breathing space in which to hurt, a quiet place to lick her wounds, a haven in which to plan her campaign.

Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXIII

12  lick the earth, in order to obtain the saline particles.

The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12

13  Don't go a-thinkin you can lick the hull rebel army at the start, because yeh can't.

The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1

14  Of course they ain't never been under fire yet, and it ain't likely they'll lick the hull rebel army all-to-oncet the first time; but I think they'll fight better than some, if worse than others.

The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1

15  I dare you to step over that, and I'll lick you till you can't stand up.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I

1  The flames lick at our feet; all of us keep moving as fast as possible.

2  I didn't believe we could lick such a crowd of Spaniards and A-rabs, but I wanted to see the camels and elephants, so I was on hand next day, Saturday, in the ambuscade; and when we got the word we rushed out of the woods and down the hill.

3  The frolicsome puppy tried to lick the face of its master.

4  If a reaper is wounded at his work, they make the cat lick the wound.

5  Tom drew a line in the dust with his big toe, and said: "I dare you to step over that, and I'll lick you till you can't stand up."

6  With a lot of training, we might be able to lick the team into shape in time for next year's games.

7  It is an evil sign too see a fox lick a lamb.

8  Fiorina's exhaustive schedule is emblematic of candidates who enter the race without a lick of national name ID.

9  When I licked the sponge holes on the base of her anterior skull plate, it was the translator hanging on her chest that said, "Stop that tickles".

10  No, the one that licked me was a lifeboat after a shipwreck, that is.

11  The dog jumped up and licked her face.