Example Sentences

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Harrison Gray Otis, The Times’ owner-publisher, was a master operator who had licked his chops when he laid eyes on Southern California, “the fattest place I ever was in.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2022

The cocoa tasted very bad: earthy and slightly numbing, as if I had licked the bottom of the cupboard under the bathroom sink.

From Slate • Nov. 26, 2019

In 1992, Paul Tsongas, a senator from Massachusetts who was running for president, swam the butterfly stroke to convince voters he had licked cancer.

From Washington Post • Jun. 14, 2015

Some time earlier, the leopard’s mate died, and she had licked her majestic tail bald.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2014

Before I had licked up the crumbs from my plate, Babci announced that she needed to paint Olka.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman