Sentence examples for we were licked from inspiring English sources

But from Atticus she learns that personal integrity rests upon your actions, even when, as Atticus admits, "we were licked a hundred years before we started".

As Atticus Finch says in one of the most iconic lines of all southern literature: "Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win".

Or as Atticus reminds us, explaining why he took on a legal case he almost certainly would lose: "Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win".

We starting drinking green shakes that tasted like we were licking the bottom of our lawn mower.

We are licking our wounds, recovering from an intoxication that made all of last night's terrible decisions seem sensible, a debt which we must now pay back with interest.

The clock may still have some way to tick before we're licking our lips at the prospect of the 'greatest show on earth', but before next summer's World Cup is upon us we can at least savor a brief taste of what is in store come 2014.

The Communists were licked, and the furor quickly subsided.

Use this on envelopes that were licked closed.

They were licking him for salt".

All the courtiers were licking his face.

The flames were licking from the broiler jets.