Sentence examples for write a lick from inspiring English sources

Shayne can't write a lick.

Unable to write a lick himself, Professor Crawford long ago settled for badgering adolescents.

On the evidence of this one movie Mr. Creevy can't write worth a lick — the dialogue is often risible, the plot complications uninteresting, the twists overly telegraphed — but the performances are solid and sometimes better than that, specifically in the case of Mr. Strong, an actor who can find depth even in shallows like these.

If the musical satirist Tom Lehrer were to write a hard-core anthem about sex reassignment surgery, with a driving guitar lick, a "Hava Nagila" breakdown and a keyboard line lifted from Super Mario Brothers, it might approximate the Schmekel sound.

Rather than write a song in her familiar country-pop mode, she's written an electric blues, its pealing guitar licks a hilarious and pointed reminder of Mr. Mayer, who's a master of the style.

Who can concentrate for long enough to write an essay when so many things need to be touched, turned, wiped or licked?

Funnily enough, you can write and lick stamps.

When Barry writes a letter, we see him trace out the words, put the paper in an envelope, lick the envelope and address it.

On its tongue, write "25 licks per minute".

"Keith wrote the lick," Jagger told Rolling Stone.

Some writers write licking their finger.