Wondering how to use Shtick in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as schtick or prank.
Shtick in a sentence
Shtick meaning
- A generally humorous routine.
- A characteristic trait or theme, especially in the way people or media present themselves.
- A gimmick.
Synonyms of Shtick
Using Shtick
- The main meaning on this page is: A generally humorous routine. | A characteristic trait or theme, especially in the way people or media present themselves. | A gimmick.
- Useful related words include: shtik, schtik, schtick, prank.
- In the example corpus, shtick often appears in combinations such as: the shtick, his shtick, shtick that.
Context around Shtick
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shtick
- In this selection, "shtick" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, old, history, aware, tackles and rogan stand out and add context to how "shtick" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a stinker shtick is now and barr s shtick after trump. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shtick" sits close to words such as abstention, acadiana and actuarial, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shtick
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It’s just for shtick. (5 words)
Like that's his whole shtick," Rogan said. (8 words)
The success of their shtick has depended on a number of factors. (12 words)
The referendum can still be won, but it would be a desultory, minimalist win that will leave the nation divided for years (“The Yes campaign must abandon its ‘make history’ shtick or risk being on the wrong side of it”). (40 words)
The first 20 minutes are packed with his most politically-pointed barbs, choosing a voice to impersonate liberals that sounds not unlike fellow anti-vaxxer Jim Breuer, or even Carlos Mencia’s old shtick for mocking the intellectually disabled. (39 words)
Early on, Chopt was a trendsetter, translating the fine-dining shtick of tableside knife work into the more everyday sight of hourly workers on the line using mezzalunas to obliterate white-collar professionals’ $13 salads into shreds. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Henry Greener, the producer and presenter of The Shtick, tackles political, religious and cultural subjects, ensuring inclusive coverage of various opinions.
His shtick was doing slow-motion reenactments of the action on the field.
The first 20 minutes are packed with his most politically-pointed barbs, choosing a voice to impersonate liberals that sounds not unlike fellow anti-vaxxer Jim Breuer, or even Carlos Mencia’s old shtick for mocking the intellectually disabled.
The referendum can still be won, but it would be a desultory, minimalist win that will leave the nation divided for years (“The Yes campaign must abandon its ‘make history’ shtick or risk being on the wrong side of it”).
There was fringe and snakeskin and the occasional breastplate — the potent mix of sex and power and self-aware shtick that emerged from Halston and Saint Laurent antecedents and defined his aesthetic.
Voketaitis grew up in Connecticut, the son of parents who fled the Tsar, and still speaks with an old-fashioned East Coast accent that makes everything he says sound like shtick.
Del Rey has become an icon for the dour and terminally online, in no small part to her well-known shtick: being too cool and half there.
Like that's his whole shtick," Rogan said.
May makes the story her own, losing Simon’s penchant for shtick and leaning on her actors for emotional ballast.
Proby’s pre-weakened strides once seemed to me the epitome of sad showbiz shtick, but I spent most of 2017 doing a routine where I deliberately made my trousers fall down, 254 times.
The success of their shtick has depended on a number of factors.
This shtick can grate but Confidence Man create a tide of positivity that’s very easy to be swept up in. And they live the lifestyle.
AJN editor Zeddy Lawrence was interviewed on The Shtick by Henry Greener on a range of topics including the upcoming US election and nomination of Kamala Harris as vice-president.
But I’ll tell you he’s even better than Trump,” Cuomo said, before unleashing a long, sarcastic rant that implicated the media — including himself — in falling for Barr’s shtick after Trump nominated him.
Early on, Chopt was a trendsetter, translating the fine-dining shtick of tableside knife work into the more everyday sight of hourly workers on the line using mezzalunas to obliterate white-collar professionals’ $13 salads into shreds.
Green Jellÿ called it a day in 1995, perhaps because their shtick was getting tired, but since reuniting in 2008 they’ve been on the road pretty regularly.
It’s just for shtick.
Nor will it be particularly shocking, since Gervais’s self-consciously provocative ain’t-I-a-stinker shtick is now so well rehearsed that you could set your clock by it.
This has been his shtick for months, even as advisors and journalists and pollsters have pointed out the flaws in his methods.
With that in mind, there is a huge breadth of shows to choose from, many of which have their own shtick, or focus.
Common combinations with shtick
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: