sticky

Example Sentences

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The beloved Minneapolis bakery is famous for its oversized, gooey cinnamon rolls, but there are plenty of other temptations on display, including caramel pecan buns, sticky buns and seasonal specialties.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

It was hard to run balls on to the greens because of the sticky approaches, but the sloping putting surfaces were often too firm to hold.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

For the next 49,000 years, the sticky pits captured virtually everything that fell or walked onto them, from grains of pollen borne by the wind to hapless ancient camels and Columbian mammoths.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Cook, meanwhile, has turned Apple into a services business with a sticky ecosystem.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

If her voice was sugary before, this sounded downright sticky.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn