Below you will find example sentences with "getting stuck". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Getting Stuck in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: stuck
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 15
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 27.9 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "getting stuck" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as about students getting stuck and never, after getting stuck in the, school, start and naru stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with get stuck, getting bigger, getting better, get stuck and got stuck, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with getting stuck
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Getting stuck into a big project? (6 words)
Officers themselves fell victim to the storm, getting stuck while trying to render assistance to stranded motorists. (17 words)
After getting stuck in the pack to start, the senior found a second gear, and turned on the jets. (19 words)
Ed was then shown getting stuck in behind the bar, serving beer, as well as cheekily tapping the top of one patron’s bottle before giving it to her, forcing her to start drinking it quickly as liquid started to spill over the top. (44 words)
No pet hair, clothing fluff or larger than usual objects came close to getting stuck in the brush, making it useful for busy households when there’s barely enough time to use it, let alone untangle things that are clogging it up. (42 words)
Deputy Headteacher Jenny Mitchell-Hilton said: “Here at Kineton Primary School, the wonderful outdoors is at the heart of our curriculum so our Year R pupils, have loved getting stuck in using our new gardening tools. (36 words)
Could they not have somehow covered the playground while carrying out the works in September and October when the ankle biters are getting stuck back into their times tables? (29 words)
Getting stuck into a big project? (6 words)
Example sentences (20)
Added nav modifier volumes to avoid the AI from taking a dangerous path and getting stuck in the Cellar of the Manse.
Advocates like Connie McKenzie with The Arc Pikes Peak Region worry about a lack of oversight, and about students getting stuck and never returning to public school.
After getting stuck in the pack to start, the senior found a second gear, and turned on the jets.
After Naru fools the Yautja into getting stuck in a bog, the Yautja points its spear gun and fires at Naru, but the projectile surprisingly misses.
After six registration periods with the worst possible time tickets, I can guarantee that getting stuck with a class you don’t want is not the worst.
A man will be heading to jail after getting stuck in the chimney of Phoenix residence early Friday, July 28, 2023.
As EoE affects the esophagus, patients swallow the medicine instead of breathing it in, and it can tame the inflammation that can cause pain with swallowing or food getting stuck, requiring procedures to remove it.
But the try scorer Jeronimo de la Fuente is penalised for getting stuck on the wrong side of the ruck after tackling Koroibete and the Wallabies kick over halfway.
Could they not have somehow covered the playground while carrying out the works in September and October when the ankle biters are getting stuck back into their times tables?
Deputy Headteacher Jenny Mitchell-Hilton said: “Here at Kineton Primary School, the wonderful outdoors is at the heart of our curriculum so our Year R pupils, have loved getting stuck in using our new gardening tools.
Ed was then shown getting stuck in behind the bar, serving beer, as well as cheekily tapping the top of one patron’s bottle before giving it to her, forcing her to start drinking it quickly as liquid started to spill over the top.
Following the results of Glasgow's report, the charity is calling for more social homes or risk 'increasing numbers of people entering and getting stuck in the homelessness system'.
Getting stuck into a big project?
In my experience, majority are going back after getting stuck in the middle of nowhere with no power in the cold winter for a few hours, turning a nice holiday drive to Lapland into a nightmare.
I watched on starry-eyed like I was visiting Wonka's factory, but without the fear of getting stuck in pipe and being roasted by Oompa Loompas.
Kerry Katona has been caught short after getting stuck in traffic gridlock on the M56 motorway in her Lamborghini Urus.
No pet hair, clothing fluff or larger than usual objects came close to getting stuck in the brush, making it useful for busy households when there’s barely enough time to use it, let alone untangle things that are clogging it up.
Now back in the West Midlands, and getting stuck into a new season as a full-time professional, Baker is determined to grow from those adventures in South Africa.
Officers themselves fell victim to the storm, getting stuck while trying to render assistance to stranded motorists.
Season 7 has largely revolved around the characters rediscovering their sexualities and embracing sexual liberation after getting stuck in the 1950s without their modern-day memories and reverting to their teenage selves, in case you forgot.