crick

Example Sentences

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They may end up with more than a crick in their neck.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

It had been a stunning first half, a six-try epic that gave you a crick in your neck such was the flow from one end to the other.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025

Various courts have since let us know that nope, 'twas merely a small crick against the doomsday direction in which we were previously heading.

From Salon • Aug. 6, 2021

I wake up with a crick in my neck.

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2019

When he went to shake their hands and tried to look Schmidt in the eye, even Stub McMillin found that he risked getting a crick in his neck.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown