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Example sentences for "slick"

Lexicographically close words:
slice; sliced; slicer; slices; slicing; slicked; slicker; slickers; slickest; slicking
  1. And Matt Peasley was off like a tin-canned dog to slick himself up for the party, while Cappy entered the elevator chuckling.

  2. That was a slick piece of work tying up my bank account.

  3. However, you wanted to be so slick about it you wouldn't get caught with your fingers in the jam; so you forbore to cancel my charter.

  4. Then we'll lug it up the hill and slide it into the cabin slick as a lead two-bits.

  5. Well, it will take a slick one to beat me again.

  6. Whether the detective ever caught the slick thief the boys never learned.

  7. John was admitted by a rather slick individual, in a shining, greasy suit of black.

  8. And Thompson had referred to Bethune as "a pretty slick article.

  9. Anyways, this here Monk, he's a pretty slick article, I guess.

  10. Yer a pretty slick article, Miss, but it hain't a-goin' to work.

  11. If possible, I should like to cut the business and come right slick out to Swanston.

  12. I am only anxious to go slick home on the Saturday.

  13. Inside there are stringers and frames to claw on to while feeling around; outside her skin is too slick for anything except a barnacle to grab hold of.

  14. Better slick up a bit, though, before going to table, Little.

  15. When Slick returned, he found his customers in high glee, and so convulsive was their merriment that they were obliged to hold their sides.

  16. Slick soon discovered that he was minus five hundred dollars, besides the price of the two dinners.

  17. Now Slick has kept house for more than forty years, and though he has made up a pretty round sum, he don't wish to leave off the business.

  18. They shan't have me, though,' said Slick to himself.

  19. Slick winked; he was in all his glory, proud and happy.

  20. Wait a bit; I'll soon make him leave off,' whispered the other, loud enough for Slick to hear him.

  21. Slick was sadly puzzled; the young men had been laughing, they were now talking of a bet, and he knew nothing of it.

  22. Slick laughed too, yet losing no time; in a moment he presented the gentlemen with the sparkling liquor.

  23. And as the boy approached near to him to repeat his errand, Slick gave him a kick.

  24. Now, Slick Bradley, as I have said, was very fond of betting.

  25. Why, they have been gone these last twenty minutes,' "Slick was thunderstruck.

  26. And up there, above the murmuring sweep of the river, and with many of his kin who had died in a similar way, they laid "slick Steve" Hawn.

  27. Rock is Entrada Sandstone: red foundation is Dewey Bridge Member; yellowish smooth rounded body of church is Slick Rock Member; white steeple is Moab Member.

  28. Buttes comprise all three members of Entrada Sandstone: remnant white top of Moab Member, vertical cliffs of Slick Rock Member, and sloping base of Dewey Bridge Member.

  29. Mouf shot, yit de tongue slick out en slick back 'fo' a sheep kin shake he tail.

  30. En he wuz all primp up, too, mon, en he look slick en shiny lak he des come outen de sto'.

  31. That slick gentleman sucker isn't going to have her.

  32. Yes, throw me over fer that slick guy you're so chummy with.

  33. That slick guy can have you fer all I care.

  34. An' then it helves my thoughts ez slick Ez stret-grained hickory doos a hetchet.

  35. It's springtime, and the trees are all green, and the grass slick and soft.

  36. So she rose and moved slowly over the slick green grass, pausing by the blazing nasturtium bed to pick a few vivid blossoms.

  37. I tried ter slick things over," said the diplomatic Jack.

  38. Well, I certainly am a dandy to spring myself on the trim and slick Naval Academy!

  39. You’re a slick young man, or else a wise one,” muttered Truax.

  40. It takes more than a slick tongue to come it over me.

  41. As to what you can do to me, you've run that bluff till it's slick on the track.

  42. By gosh, these book-agents are slick ones.

  43. I'd never seen an Irishman in slick riding clothes, however, so I doubted my ears at first.

  44. He turned to his men and said, "Now watch me and see how slick I will capture a Yankee.

  45. I recognized it at once as being the one where the rebel captain tried to show his men how slick he could capture a Yankee.

  46. They helped me do a slick thing last night.

  47. Not but wot ye run away with them hosses slick enough," he added slyly.

  48. Their slick, slick faces folded like paper houses in a hurricane.

  49. His manner, underneath the slick facade, implied that he wouldn't deign to discuss it with two peasants like Blik and me under any circumstances.

  50. If I had time I could tell you something about that slick Greaser.

  51. That darn Monty is as cute an' slick as a fox.


  52. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "slick" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    acute; adept; adipose; adroit; anal; anoint; apt; arch; artful; articulate; artistic; astute; authoritative; blubbery; bravura; brilliant; buff; burnish; calculating; canny; cheat; clean; clever; coordinated; crack; crafty; cunning; cute; daedal; daub; deceitful; deep; deft; designing; devious; dexterous; dextrous; dinky; diplomatic; disingenuous; dress; eloquent; excellent; expert; fancy; fat; fatty; felicitous; feline; finish; finished; flashy; fluent; foxy; fulsome; furbish; furbished; glace; glance; glassy; glaze; glazed; gleaming; glib; glide; glissade; gloss; glossy; good; graceful; grease; greasy; guileful; guilefully; handy; ingenious; insidious; insincere; inventive; knowing; knowingly; lacquered; lard; lubricate; luster; magisterial; masterful; neat; oil; oily; pawky; perfect; polished; politic; pomade; professional; proficient; quick; ready; refine; resourceful; rich; round; rub; salve; satiny; scheming; scour; sebaceous; serpentine; sharp; shifty; shine; shiny; shipshape; shrewd; silken; silky; silver; skillful; sleek; slick; slide; slip; slippery; slither; sly; smart; smear; smooth; smoothly; smug; snaky; sneaky; snug; soapy; some; sophistical; sophisticated; spruce; statesmanlike; stealthy; strategic; stylish; suave; subtile; subtle; supple; tactful; tactical; tallowy; tidy; tight; toggle; tricky; trig; trim; unctuous; unguent; unreliable; varnish; velvety; virtuoso; vulpine; wary; wax; wily; wise; workmanlike