lick
Example Sentences
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As the flames of the Palisades fire licked at his home, Ricardo Kawamura stood in his front yard watching smoke pour out of a second-story window.
From Los Angeles Times
Conditions in Adelaide - a flat pitch, baking sun and Australia batting first - would have had Smith licking his lips.
From BBC
She says that, but then she must see something wrong, because she does that disgusting mom move where she licks her thumb and wipes at something beside my mouth.
From Literature
Lockjaw licking his comb to tidy his bangs.
From Los Angeles Times
Even if this England team was going well, I'd be licking my lips at the prospect of bowling to them, knowing one mistake could bring three or four.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
