Example Sentences

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Takisha Sturdivant-Drew sleeked Kerry Washington’s coat; and Amy Adams, Naomi Campbell, and Heidi Klum, who was coiffed by Andy Lecompte, joined her with forays into flattening.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2017

He sleeked his hair, put on spats, became meticulous about his clothes.

From Time Magazine Archive

From western ranges, where the feed is scanty, cattle are moving by the hungry thousands to corn-rich Missouri, Iowa and eastern Kansas, there to be stuffed and sleeked for market.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the box-office sat a young man with hair precisely parted in the middle and sleeked down in two whirls brought low on his forehead.

From The Fortune Hunter by Phillips, David Graham

I sat by the bright fender, and washed my face, and sleeked my pretty paws, and looked on.

From Pussy and Doggy Tales by Kemp-Welch, Lucy