How do you use the word "stick" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "stick" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "stick": You must stick to your promise. As long as you stick to one style, you can't hit upon a wonderful idea.

Stick Meaning

/stɪk/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAn elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.

nounAn elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton., A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.

Sentence Examples

You must stick to your promise.

As long as you stick to one style, you can't hit upon a wonderful idea.

Whatever happens, I'll stick to my principles to the bitter end.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

stay deposit bond

Antonyms:

move

CEFR Practice Quiz

She applied strong glue to ____ the broken vase back together again.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The little boy used a long ____ to reach the red ball that had fallen into the narrow garden pond.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Indo-European *stignéh₂- Proto-Germanic *stikkōną Proto-Germanic *stikkô Proto-West Germanic *stikkō Old English sticca Middle English stikke English stick From Middle English stikke (“stick, rod, twig”), from Old English sticca (“rod, twig”), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkō, from Proto-Germanic *stikkô (“stick, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stikke (“stick”), West Flemish stik (“stick”), Dutch stek (“spot, place, home”), German Low German Stick (“stick”), German Stecken (“stick”), Danish and Norwegian stikke (“stick”), Swedish sticka (“splinter, needle”). Related to stigma.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame." — 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:

"It is a fine stick, about 70 feet long." — 1887 August 23, “At Work on the Thistle”, in The New York Times:

"The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking." — 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

"When cutting the door parts, I cut all the copes first, then the sticks." — 1997, Joseph Beals, “Building Interior Doors”, in Doors, Taunton Press, →ISBN, page 82:

"It is more than poor Philip is worth, with all his savings and his little sticks of furniture." — 1862, W.M. Thackeray, The Adventures of Philip, printed in Harper's New Monthly Magazine volume XXV edition, page 242:

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