Sentence examples for they were sticky from inspiring English sources

They varied in size, shape and texture and seemed to be a hodgepodge of granules and short, crooked threads, as if they were sticky magnets for microscopic trash.

The highlight for Sawyer this year was reaching under the hens for eggs, some of them so fresh that they were sticky.

Soon the effect is amplified, the dancers starting up a breathy accompaniment of huffs, blows and wheezes as they lock arms, or peel limb from limb, as if they were sticky with Velcro.

I managed to retract my digits; they were sticky and looked as if they had dandruff.

But to themselves, they were Stickies, or from Andersonstown, or Provos.

Regulators love these because they are "sticky": ordinary savers tend not to move their funds around.

In other words, whether or not, in the jargon of the Internet, they are "sticky".

And you move the fingers of your left hand, the tiniest of movements, and they're sticky.

The first is that the volume of water is so small that it is effectively impossible to wash one's hands if they are sticky.

Facebook and browser games are now a key element of many film and TV marketing campaigns – they're "sticky", they're compelling and they give potential viewers ownership over stories and characters.

They are sticky and in summer, due to shrinkage, develop deep cracks.