Sentence examples for slick like from inspiring English sources

It was tangy and slick, like a dirty Martini, with a whiff of neat's-foot oil.

"I wanted them rock hard and slick like they'll probably be for the game," Fassel said.

If dynamic identities are too slick, like AOL's, they risk appearing formulaic -- but Google's clumsiness makes it look sincere, even to its critics.

Eye primers are not pudding-y and slick like eye creams, nor are they powdery, dry, greasy or thick like concealers: they're the intermediate step between those two.

The oil slick, like Hurricane Katrina before it, is a big, impending disaster swirling in from the Gulf of Mexico, requiring a response effort involving all levels of government.

When Claiborne retired, William F. Reed wrote in Sports Illustrated: "He wasn't glib like Lou Holtz or slick like Barry Switzer or a constant contender for the national championship like his mentor, Bear Bryant, but he loved football with all his heart.

But the boxy, slick, toy-like car can fit into New York City parking spaces previously unseen.

The screen displays a slick Apple-like design of New York too, showing information about your location, fare and route.

He did, cranking out short stories, some of which he sold to "slicks" like The Saturday Evening Post; in those years, a single story could earn him the equivalent of six weeks salary at G.E.

But now scientists say that water can sometimes float on oil and their findings, which were published last month in Langmuir, could help to mop up oil slicks like the one created by the 2010 disaster.

I may not be an orator like Cicero or a slick politician like David Cameron, but I do know why the caged bird sings.