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Example sentences for "small stick"

  • A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter.

  • A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs.

  • Defn: A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs.

  • Defn: A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter.

  • Rack lashing, a lashing or binding where the rope is tightened, and held tight by the use of a small stick of wood twisted around.

  • Pinetop was mixing thin cornmeal paste into the gravy, and he looked up as he stirred busily with a small stick.

  • Big Abel leaned forward and stirred the ashes with a small stick.

  • Put a couple of tablespoonfuls of red currant jelly into a small stew-pan, with half a dozen cloves, a small stick of cinnamon, and the rind of an orange.

  • A small stick of cinnamon, or a few cloves, and a strip of lemon-peel can be added to the syrup, but should be taken out when finished.

  • Cut a small stick of angelica and stick it into the top of the mould upright, and let a bunch of frosted black currants hang over the top.

  • TO a quart of new milk add an ounce of picked isinglass, a small stick of cinnamon, a piece of lemon peel, a few coriander seeds washed, six bitter almonds blanched and pounded, or a laurel leaf.

  • ADD to a pint and a half of cream a small stick of cinnamon, a blade of mace, a bit of lemon peel, some nutmeg, and sugar to the palate.

  • If she does not, and it is thought advisable that she should be dosed whether she likes it or not, the hawk may be cast, and the tasteless pill slipped into her mouth, and pushed down with a small stick.

  • The dressing may be done with a piece of lint on a small stick.

  • If care has been taken from the very first not to alarm them, they may possibly take the morsels of meat quietly and naturally, when offered to them gently on the end of a small stick.

  • A lighted candle, a small stick, or magic wand, and a piece of thin cambric or muslin about six inches square, are the materials required.

  • Illustration] The flags are of red and blue flannel, the stays of copper or galvanized wire, and the bowsprit a small stick, cut from a tough bit of wood.

  • A small stick is held by two others, in such a position that its center is hidden by the handkerchief; each person holds an end.

  • To insert the lead plate, roll it up so it will pass through the neck of the bottle, then smooth it out with a small stick until it fits against the side, leaving the small strip at the top projecting through the neck of the bottle.

  • A small stick is put through a loop in the cord at about the level of the table top on which the alarm clock F stands.

  • Buttonhole Trick [234] This trick is performed with a small stick having a loop attached that is too small for the stick to pass through.

  • The trick is done by placing the end of a small stick on a music box in the basement of the house and allowing the other end to pass up through the floor and table top so it will project about 1/16 in.

  • At times the mice had to be directed by a small stick in the hands of the manager, but they were carefully trained, kindly treated, and much appreciated by the children.

  • One girl with a small stick in her hand squatted down pretending to be digging and the others took a position one behind the other similar to the hawk catching the chicks.

  • He put them all on a brass tray, the edge of which he struck with a small stick to make it vibrate, thus causing the dancers to turn round and round in every direction.

  • You must come with a small stick to hit it once, and only a mere tap.

  • And Martin was so sunk in sorrow that he did not hear Glooskap call him, and not till the Master threw a small stick at him did he look up, and even then he thought it had fallen from a tree.

  • He bade them bring him a small stick, which they did, and then he began to beat the eagle.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "small stick" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    other goods; shoal water; small arms; small bodies; small brook; small chamber; small church; small creek; small degree; small detachment; small extent; small family; small fort; small garrison; small house; small intestine; small number; small point; small pots; small river; small species; small stick; small time; small tree; small tributary; smaller scale