sticky
Example Sentences
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Each device integrates with another, incentivizing the user to buy more than one Apple product after entering the company’s sticky ecosystem.
From Barron's
Recommending taking your food recycling bin out every week, he said lining a food caddy meant food waste was less likely to get congealed and sticky.
From BBC
But the trapeze makes Florida home, even if it’s so humid the air is sticky.
From Literature
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Every surface is covered in a layer of grime and graffiti, and the air is thick and sticky, like chowder soup.
From Literature
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Clare thought it was joyful and lovely, though Brickbane had always grumbled about it, for it made the book fat and sticky.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.