Sentence examples for quick lick from inspiring English sources

What Hilton did for the Tories wasn't a rebrand, it was a quick lick of paint, a temporary strategy.

At first it was like a quick lick of flames, but as she progressed, it felt as if she were holding a blowtorch to my skin.

In America we use the word "maestro" only in reference to conductors — a labelling intended to apply a quick lick of European "sophistication" in a country where classical music, for all its prestige, has to struggle for economic legitimacy.

"Only if a nigga trying to get me alone, you know I need that money, so show me straight trade then it's on, a quick lick on the bone".

When Richard Mathers, running the ball out of the Leeds 22 at a quick lick, dipped his shoulder into the head of his would-be tackler Paul Johnson, he left the Bulls second-rower semi-conscious and one or two hacks a little queasy.

A quick lick will do in a pinch, but for the best kisses you should moisturize those lips.

In field tests conducted in the Santa Monica Mountains and at other feeding stations, hummingbirds required as few as three quick licks to determine that a feeder contained plain water instead of a sweet solution.

Brooks' lightning-quick lap steel licks gave way to Jurdi's slashing Gibson on "Jenny was a Keeper".

After all, it takes his leftwing backpacker date in I've Been Tired – a febrile highlight of the eight songs chosen from their demo The Purple Tape to make up their debut mini-album Come on Pilgrim (1987) – just a couple of warm-up questions and a quick earlobe lick before his twisted psychological peccadillos start to slip out.

But Republicans shouldn't be so quick to lick their chops at the prospect of rising gas prices.

She taught her son Curley the quick, ragtimey licks that came to define the Piedmont blues, then he showed them to his friends Blind Willie McTell and "Barbecue" Bob Hicks.