stuck

Example Sentences

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Some of those stuck underground were in "critical condition", that report said.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

Wall Street attempts to modernize how to sell an IPO have never stuck.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

He added that, stuck in an unfamiliar country, thousands of miles from home, where the main languages are French and Lingala and few people speak English or Spanish, there is just "nothing to do".

From BBC • May 22, 2026

He looked like Bill the Cat in the “Bloom County” comic strip as he stuck out his tongue and made a sound that sounded like “Aack.”

From Salon • May 22, 2026

He reared his head back, stuck his tongue out at me about a thousand times, then slithered on through the brush and disappeared.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls