Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

But it believes it has licked the battery-life concerns that precluded making it generally available until now.

From Forbes • Jun. 10, 2013

The Popular Front press has licked the subsidy platter clean.

From Time Magazine Archive

Prince says that he has licked the taste problem that has been holding back freeze-dried foods : "Our beef stew tastes like it just came out of Mother's kitchen."

From Time Magazine Archive

But Editor Wallace thinks he has licked the biggest trouble�high foreign printing costs�by means of a new press the Digest has spent $400,000 developing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Casie tells me of some of his superstitions: If you are the first person a cat looks at after he has licked hisself, you are going to be married.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration