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 may have a permanent crick in my neck from lugging a substantial dog basket home from outside a mansion in Primrose Hill.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 12, 2018

Xan blamed the onset of old age and the crick in her back and the fussiness of the child, but none of those things was true.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill