He felt the blood move stickily from his split scalp and trickle down his forehead. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : sticky hands. ,It was an unbearably sticky day. ,a rather sticky diplomatic problem; Breaking the news is going to be sticky. ,The villain of the story meets a sticky end. From Dictionary.com.
He blinked stickily, then appeared to focus on her. From Wordnik.com. [The Mad Ship]
Juice dripped on my palm, ran stickily down my wrist. From Wordnik.com. [In the Garden of Iden] Reference
Like all parties, it went slightly stickily at first. From Wordnik.com. [Halloween Party]
She could feel her T-shirt glue itself stickily to her skin. From Wordnik.com. [The Killing Hour]
She could feel the first trickle of sweat slide stickily down her back. From Wordnik.com. [The Killing Hour]
It clung stickily, but finally dropped to the floor with a metallic clatter. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of the Space Beagle]
The water slowed his movements; his wet garments tangled stickily to his limbs. From Wordnik.com. [The Silent Tower]
We have an unemployment rate that is beginning to look stickily stuck above 9%. From Wordnik.com. [The Only Policy Left: Growth] Reference
Will's love life proves to be a door that revolves, stickily, in both directions. From Wordnik.com. ['Definitely, Maybe'] Reference
The unfiltered air wrapped itself stickily around me, and I lunged for the window. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates of Noon]
The rebreather came out a bit stickily, like pulling toffee stuck between her teeth. From Wordnik.com. [Behemoth] Reference
Famously among my friends, I am not very interested in drinking stickily sweet wines. From Wordnik.com. [Wine: Life is sweet] Reference
Nadine, alone of them all, had made no concession to that stickily sweltering climate. From Wordnik.com. [Masters Of The Vortex]
It came stickily away, the last tug hurting like fire and ripping the crust from the wound. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Honour]
It's enjoyable riding about by bike, horrid in the trains trundling stickily out to the suburbs. From Wordnik.com. [London is uncomfortable...] Reference
They embraced me softly, stickily, as if the creature glued and unglued them, each time it moved. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Strands of hair adhered stickily to my cheeks, clinging stubbornly as I tried to smooth them back. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
It moved slowly, almost stickily, as if the other side of it were embedded in something glutinous and syrupy. From Wordnik.com. [The Mortal Instruments: Book One: City of Bones] Reference
Like the imagined casserole, he was slowly cooking, a gravy-like viscous sweat trickling stickily all over his body. From Wordnik.com. [The Speaker Of Mandarin]
It was hotter here than in Chang-sha, stickily humid, the treetops rich with foliage, a bright June moon illuminating it all. From Wordnik.com. [The Speaker Of Mandarin]
Rather white around the mouth, sweat and blood tracking stickily down his face, Antryg stepped to the very edge of the circle. From Wordnik.com. [The Silicon Mage]
A thick liquid curled stickily back and forth across the surface of the plate as he strove to hold it level with trembling hands. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
She pushed on a yard or two, stickily, heeling over more and more. From Wordnik.com. [Coot Club]
They could hear his working lips part stickily as Babcock wailed his way out of hearing. From Wordnik.com. [A Diversity of Creatures] Reference
Blue sparks crackled stickily along the trolley wires as the cars groaned over the bridge. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunted Bookshop] Reference
Blood oozed stickily from the wound. From Wordnik.com. [The Silicon Mage]
Words MS Word doesn't know: stickily. From Wordnik.com. [between the rock and the cold, cold sea -- Day] Reference
Cthuloid, but modern and stickily unsettling. From Wordnik.com. [A media post: idle thoughts on works I've been taking in, rather than producing] Reference
This was hot, stifling even, and stickily humid. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates of Noon]
Both are stickily attached to someone they're not sleeping with: John has his ex-wife, Jamie (. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
They nodded and smiled stickily. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher and Columbus] Reference
One by one they parted, bleeding stickily. From Wordnik.com. [Three Worlds To Conquer]
The words came somewhat stickily to my lips. From Wordnik.com. [The Guns of Avalon]
It was four o'clock of a stickily wet Saturday. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose-Garden Husband] Reference
"I think I catch your meaning," he said stickily. From Wordnik.com. [Howards End] Reference
I drooled it forth to flow stickily down my chin. From Wordnik.com. [Uncharted Stars]
Of little leaves opening stickily. From Wordnik.com. [Baltiblogs] Reference
They're stickily for mock up purposes. From Wordnik.com. [TheDieline.com] Reference
Today's words Word don't know: maned, stickily, paunched, khagan, khaganate, ger, wizarding. From Wordnik.com. [i am tired. i am weary. i could sleep for a thousand years.] Reference
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