The phrase "a stick against" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are describing a physical object being used to oppose or resist something, or metaphorically to indicate opposition.
Example: "He used a stick against the door to keep it from closing."
Alternatives: "a barrier to" or "a resistance to".
Stauber now has to learn how to defend a much larger net without a stick against 100-mile-per-hour shots that sometimes curve.
This is but one byproduct of the rage among educators to use math and science like a stick against history, literature, art or philosophy.
Each dancer first positioned one end of a stick against his or her forehead, keeping the stick balanced while sliding slowly from a standing position to the floor, eventually maneuvering the sticks onto bent-back legs.
Neither play resulted in a penalty, although Mike Milbury, the Bruins' coach in 1991, was furious at the Samuelsson noncall to the point where he beat a stick against the boards and the glass.
By using a European agreement as a stick against Colonel Qaddafi, Switzerland infuriated influential European partners, starting with Italy, which has itself been mending its relationship with Libya, its former colony.
The EU would like to see a five-yearly multilateral review process or "facilitative regime" that can enforce emissions commitments, with the threat of withholding climate aid being used as a stick against developing countries that renege on their promises.
For example, when an ancient potter typically held a flat stick against a rotating pot, he was accidentally (and crudely) recording into the clay the sounds around him.
"You go!" he called to Gomperts, who was suddenly no more than a stick figure against a rippling ocean.
The league tried to enforce parity twenty years ago, by permitting players to obstruct one another: any player who crossed a team's defensive blue line had a stick held against his midsection in the manner of a subway turnstile.
The Rangers also received three assists from Petr Nedved, who was playing in his first game after a three-game suspension served for a stick incident against Boston on Dec. 9.
You don't have to buy a drum set, but tapping a pencil or stick against a surface can really help.
