Sentence examples for were licked from inspiring English sources
verb
To stroke with the tongue.
The Communists were licked, and the furor quickly subsided.
And the pups who were licked and groomed less grew up to be more anxious and nervous as adults.
Mr. Crafton was enrolled in Project Renewal before, in 2000, and when he left he thought his crack and alcohol problems were licked.
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".
Tempura avocado slices were shoved into the mouths of passers-by, plates were licked, and cups of rum-spiked watermelon juice were shared as the desire to taste every last drop of every last dish trumped basic hygiene.
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".
They were licking him for salt".
All the courtiers were licking his face.
The flames were licking from the broiler jets.
No doubt the other entertainment conglomerates were licking their chops.
Both were licking their chops at what they viewed as a new market rife with opportunity.
