sticky
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Synonyms
adherent, adhesive, clingy, gluey, glutinous, gummy, tacky, tenacious, viscid
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Stickum hasn’t been seen since, though the NFL opened an investigation into the Chargers in 2012 after an on-field official thought a towel on San Diego’s sideline might have a sticky substance on it. — SI.com, "A History of Football in 100 Objects," 28 Aug. 2019 Last month, Glendale police said someone smeared an unknown brown, sticky substance on the the statue. — Mark Kellam, Glendale News-Press, "Musical centering on plights of comfort women, a topic with local significance, opens in Los Angeles," 16 Aug. 2019 Buyers have been sticky on shifting to electric vehicles, favoring gasoline instead in light of patchy charging infrastructure, with less than 3% of sales making up hybrid or battery cars last year. — Los Angeles Times, "Fossil fuel vehicles hitting a dead end in Europe’s city centers," 27 July 2019 Transfer dough to a lightly floured work surface and knead for 5 to 7 minutes, adding additional flour as necessary to form a smooth and elastic dough that is not sticky. — Daniel Neman, Twin Cities, "You can grill that? 6 new recipes to try this season," 4 July 2019 Non-Stick Trousers For hot and sticky days, avoiding tight and clingy clothing is key. — Vogue, "Summer’s Hottest Month is Here, How to Beat the Heat Without Wearing a Dress," 2 Aug. 2019 With a wooden spoon, stir until a sticky dough forms. — Tara Duggan, SFChronicle.com, "Recipe: Reem’s Za’atar Man’oushe," 2 Aug. 2019 The statue, which depicts a young woman in traditional Korean dress sitting next to an empty chair, was smeared with a brown, sticky substance last Thursday morning, according to Glendale police. — Lila Seidman, Glendale News-Press, "Down the street from vandalized comfort-women statue is an exhibit honoring the women," 1 Aug. 2019 On the second, the coverage was sticky enough that Stafford scrambled to his right to buy extra time. — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit Lions observations: The dreaded conditioning hill, Stafford's latest pick," 31 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sticky.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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