Sentence examples for as a lick from inspiring English sources

Statistics released in the last year show sharp increases in buprenorphine seizures by law enforcement, in reports to poison centers, in emergency room visits for the nonmedical use of the drug and in pediatric hospitalizations for accidental ingestions as small as a lick.

Each pulse was considered as a lick and at every 20 licks the animal received a 0.5 mA electrical shock on the metallic drinking spout for 2 s.

You'll know you're there when you can't get the phrase (known as a "lick) out of your head!

Each spout contact was recorded as a "licking" event and a separate circuit was established from the metal thermode to the animal by grounding the floor with an aluminum sheet for recording of "facial contact" events.

Roughly translated, that means that instead of constantly fretting about the tendency among British designers to show abroad as soon as they get a lick of success, London should be seen as "the breeding ground for new talent".

He was in the on-deck circle at Comiskey Park, on one knee, swinging two bats and studying the White Sox pitcher with such intensity, such electricity, that I think of it now as a lion licking his chops while contemplating his prey.

The Celtics were left flat-footed, not playing, as Pierce said, "a lick of defense".

As anyone with a lick of tech knowledge knows, ripping a DVD onto your hard drive is, well, frowned upon by the "Powers that be" in the motion picture industry.

What's more, he says, summer drinks–from a recently sampled bacon-infused bourbon to his Bengali gimlet, which counts on curried syrup as an ingredient are getting "as far out as possible" without sacrificing a lick of taste.

If you have decided to double peel the broad beans, you might add them after the peas, as they only need a lick of heat.

In the earlier film, which takes place in 1973, the scene is set to Jim Croce's song "Time in a Bottle," and the trope is played for loopy comedy (as when Quicksilver takes a lick from a splash of a soft drink that's almost suspended in midair and poses the mannequin-like villains in embarrassing positions).