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Example sentences for "kicks"

Lexicographically close words:
kicke; kicked; kicker; kickers; kicking; kickshaws; kickt; kid; kidded; kiddie
  1. He laughs as he kicks her, for at heart he is not a bad-natured man.

  2. He kicks over grandfather clock number one, which is evidently damaged by the fall, as it commences to strike wildly and insistently.

  3. Then he walks over them and kicks them, and then he lifts them up and shakes hands all round to make them friendly like.

  4. And how, when this Superior Being calls his number and kicks his trunk, is he to know that he is a free-born American citizen and a lineal descendant of Roger Williams?

  5. Lars had relieved the ladies on the box after administering kicks and blows in generous measure to the dazed and crippled miners, who were crawling off the road or staggering along it.

  6. The ball is then caught by one of the other side, who either kicks it or runs with it.

  7. The signals, which are secret and often changed to guard them from being solved by the enemy, are formed by designating every position and every space in the line, as well as kicks and other open plays, by a number or letter.

  8. Even up to the middle of the 'seventies dribbling was looked upon as the great desideratum; it was the essential for a forward, just as long kicks were the main object of a back.

  9. When the wind is strong the side favoured by it usually kicks often, as the other side, not being able to kick back on equal terms, is forced to play a rushing game, which is always exhausting.

  10. During the preliminary games of the season "straight football" is generally played; that is, intricate attacks are avoided and kicks and simple plunges into the line are mainly relied upon.

  11. Jealously she kicks away any one trying to bite at the delicious morsel.

  12. You would be ready to say so, judging by the furious way in which he kicks in my fingers.

  13. While on the pavement, stunned and bleeding, blows and kicks were rained upon my face and shoulders by the pair, who were evidently bent upon killing me.

  14. Then he bestowed several well-directed kicks upon the prostrate form.

  15. Though I get more kicks than halfpence, what are the odds?

  16. Oh, it's about the eighth on the right in the third passage; next to the one with the kicks on it.

  17. Now, as it happened, the door with the kicks on it was itself the eighth door on the right, with a study on either side of it, and which of these two was Loman's Stephen could not by the unaided light of nature determine.

  18. With these advantages their popularity as a body was very great--and it is only due to them to say that they bore their honours magnanimously, and distributed their kicks and favours with the strictest impartiality.

  19. Every night that week he locked his study-door, and threats and kicks and entreaties would not open it even to his dearest friends.

  20. Stephen accompanied him mechanically, and was ushered into the study on the other side of the door with the kicks to that in which he had been so grievously wronged.

  21. I've had a fairly hard time, and I've experienced the rough side of human nature, getting more kicks than halfpence.

  22. Now that the kicks have ceased I'm in no mood for soft soap.

  23. The landlady (an immense personage) declared she saw neither kicks nor slaps.

  24. Stick stoutly to your kicks and cuffings!

  25. And kicks the Grecians all about; Whome'er he hit, he surely dropp'd him, Till Diom.

  26. The cry of triumph proceeded from Master Wackford, who, regardless of all his kicks and struggles, clung to him with the tenacity of a bull-dog!

  27. He goes off to her and gives her two kicks with his slipper, and says to her: "Woe to you if you go there again; I will kill you on the very spot.

  28. He went straight to bed thoroughly ill, and so Ass'-skin did not have her two kicks that evening.

  29. Metaphorically, if not literally speaking, a demand for specie at the counter of a bank might bring to the unfortunate applicant more kicks than coppers.

  30. Metaphorically, if not literally, they give their creditors more kicks than coppers.

  31. Presently Deborah joined him, and soon they were laughing heartily at the astonishing jerks and kicks and grimaces of the tiny boy.

  32. The wee boy grew funnier every day, with his sudden kicks and sneezes, his waving fists and mighty yawns.

  33. Some seized his neck, others his arms, and others his legs, in spite of his kicks and blows, while others passing a rope round his body he was speedily tripped up and hauled down to the ground.

  34. Onward Ernest kicks the ball; his side rush in to prevent the approach of their opponents, who have mostly been led off to the ground.

  35. This was to the boy, who took advantage of my helpless position to give me a couple of savage kicks in the leg as he stood there; but as he had no shoes on, the kicks did not do much harm.

  36. We get a minute's breathing time before old Brooke kicks out, and he gives the word to play strongly for touch, by the three trees.

  37. He is chock full of hope and life, notwithstanding the cold, and kicks his heels against the backboard, and would like to sing, only he doesn't know how his friend the silent guard might take it.

  38. Instead of shekels I have got plenty of kicks and plenty of bruises, of which I shall carry the marks on my body for a long time to come.

  39. I would worship you; he kicks you with every word, as he kicks a dog.

  40. If any damn man kicks you, Bull, you got a right to drill him every time.


  41. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kicks" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    amusement; comfort; content; ease; enjoyment; entertainment; fruition; fun; gratification; gusto; kick; luxury; relish; satisfaction; zest