for kicks
Example Sentences
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It blows water off slow-to-dry surfaces—plastic cups, reusable bags, exhaust-fan grease traps—in such a satisfying manner, you might wash them twice for kicks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025
And if they do shut down the government just for kicks anyway, one of the functions that will just keep going is the Department of Justice.
From Salon • Aug. 30, 2023
A clock for kicks at goal is already in operation in France's Top 14.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2022
In the 1990s, OutKast had that capital “K” while Eminem and Korn occasionally reversed certain letters in their monikers for kicks.
From Washington Post • Oct. 8, 2021
He used to work for the county road department and for kicks he had painted big orange and white circles with reflective paint all over War Chief’s hair.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
