Sentence examples for accept the stick from inspiring English sources

As a result, European officials, pressed hard on this point by Germany, are now saying that Greece must not receive the carrot of concessional interest rates available to those who agree to accept the stick of an I.M.F.-style austerity package.

This may be true if the child and his/her guardians accept the necessary regime and stick to it.

If you know enough about the position to say that you are, accept the low-ball and stick to your guns later.

However, if you can accept the challenge and won't back out, stick with a 300 or 400 page book.

Mr. Story stuck out his tongue to accept the cucumber slice as if it were a communion wafer.

I, by nature, can accept the "throw it at the wall and see what sticks" kind of outlook.

A small percentage of the grain will stick to the seed head, so just accept the small loss.

But he would not get stuck on the analysis side, and would have the guts to make the decision, and not accept the status quo.

At the time I accepted the case for sticking with the US as the least worst option in both instances – I still think it was – but the results, though still unfolding, have produced much misery as well as some benefit for both benighted countries.

Months ago, when he still trailed Putnam in the polls by double digits, his campaign had accepted the necessity of sticking with Trump in the general election should he win the nomination, for better or worse, for fear of losing Trump's hardcore base.

As Bradley put it, the general reaction was, "Who's going to be interested in dustbins with a bath plunger on the front?" But Hartnell not only accepted the villainous aliens and stuck with the role, he became intensely devoted to the show.