Sentence examples for wick down from inspiring English sources

When Shetland Islanders needed a lamp, Brox writes, "they'd affix a petrel carcass to a base of clay, thread a wick down its throat, and set it alight".

There is a clear northward shift in the average position of storm tracks moving from Newhaven (Site 1) to Wick (Site 30), and then a southward shift of tracks moving from Wick down to Dover (Site 40).

Even though Tarasov shares Wick's finely tuned sense of honour and vengeance, his bloodline must survive, and his tooled-up armies of the night are dispatched to take Wick down.

When Shetland Islanders needed a lamp, Brox writes, "they'd affix a petrel carcass to a base of clay, thread a wick down its throat, and set it alight". These early flames were not brilliant; they smoked, gave off foul odors and required constant tending.

You will see me on a Sunday morning in Brunch-wick downing flat whites and poached eggs.

No one tunes in to watch cars running with the wick turned down.

Called the 620S, this little number is basically a 620R with the wick turned down.

Around 800 homes in the north of Scotland are also without power, mainly around the Deeside area, Buchan, Fort William and Wick - down from 3,500 earlier in the day.

Make sure the wick hangs down straight into the center of the mold.

And Perry Farrell took the "Bowie tribute" part of the assignment the most literally -- the Jane's Addiction pioneer slinked through "Rebel Rebel" with the tailored-suit comportment of The Thin White Duke, while sporting a hat seemingly borrowed from a production of "Wicked" down the street.

On Wicked: The success of Wicked is really down to Winnie Holzman, who wrote the book.