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sticky
adjective as in gummy, adhesive
adjective as in humid and hot
Weak matches
Example Sentences
Australian scientists have solved a mystery which has gripped Sydney: what were the sticky dark blobs which washed up on some of the city's famed beaches last month?
"We found the sticky spheres contained hundreds of different components," said Associate Professor Jon Beves from the University of NSW, who led the investigation.
Recorded by The Lovin' Spoonful, Summer In The City is a 1960s rock classic, full of ominous organ chords and powerful drum hits that capture the sticky filth of an oppressive heatwave.
Black said she paced throughout her house tapping on her shirt whenever the Dodgers were in “sticky” situations, as they were in the fifth inning of Game 5, apparently unable to muster a single hit off of Yankees’ ace Gerrit Cole.
“History tells us that norms are sticky,” says Ashwini Deshpande of Ashoka University.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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