make stick

Example Sentences

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In both cases, the prosecutors pursued not the most serious charge, but the one they could most make stick.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2019

Then how is it that so many have found the charge so easy to make, and make stick?

From Time • Oct. 31, 2016

In one Twitter post, Mr. Trump seemed to embrace a label Mrs. Clinton had tried to make stick: that Mr. Trump has in the past referred to himself as the “king of debt.”

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2016

Brought into the Leeds academy by Stuart Lancaster, the man who now coaches him for England, Care had his next choice to make: stick with his hometown club, or risk sinking in a bigger pond.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2014

The cabins was near a creek where willows grew and we'd make stick horses out of 'em.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration