How do you use Stuck in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like unstuck or perplexed, plus the exact meaning.
Stuck in a sentence
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Stuck meaning
simple past and past participle of stick (archaic sticked)
Using Stuck
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of stick (archaic sticked)
- Useful related words include: cragfast, unstuck, perplexed.
- In the example corpus, stuck often appears in combinations such as: stuck in, stuck with, was stuck.
Context around Stuck
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stuck
- In this selection, "stuck" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, get, street, got, down, together and onto stand out and add context to how "stuck" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 20 students stuck in antigua, and they stuck to it, get stuck, getting stuck and got stuck. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stuck" sits close to words such as chose, hate and sugar, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stuck
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Absolutely, I’d get stuck in! (6 words)
Stuck Stuck was created for code-golf challenges. (8 words)
If it’s stuck in my head, it might as well be stuck in yours. (15 words)
Several such projects are stuck across the country and buyers are waiting for new developers to take interest and complete them with the hope that their hard-earned money, which has been stuck for years, won't be lost forever. (40 words)
According to police, the truck was headed south on the highway, when a tire got stuck in an ice rut, turning the truck into oncoming traffic and into one of the SUVs, which then hit the second SUV. (38 words)
This was my living nightmare, stuck, and so close to our destination, but stuck on a Saturday night in a town, on a corner with no way of reversing out one car and trailer, let alone two. (37 words)
Absolutely, I’d get stuck in! (6 words)
Example sentences (20)
I just thank the players because they’ve stuck with it, they’ve stuck with me, and they’ve stuck together more importantly.
Buckley's other noses are mostly in Soho - one on Dean Street, stuck onto the Quo Vadis restaurant front, another just round the corner on Bateman Street stuck on a clothes shop.
One motorist, stuck in traffic on the A449, said "traffic has been completely stuck for the past 30 minutes".
After some 20 students stuck in Antigua were allowed to return home, the Jamaicans stuck at sea eventually received assistance from the UK government.
He added: "So being stuck down there, I found that my left arm was stuck down under below me.
If it’s stuck in my head, it might as well be stuck in yours.
NGO Alarm Phone, which operates an emergency hotline for people stuck at sea, said on Thursday that many boats were stuck in distress in the central Mediterranean, having set off from Libya.
Now, four years later, we’ve seen that the Iranians actually stuck to the deal and they stuck to it even after the U.S. pulled out.
Teaching is a profession you get stuck in. The only reason you get stuck is because of the kids.
Several such projects are stuck across the country and buyers are waiting for new developers to take interest and complete them with the hope that their hard-earned money, which has been stuck for years, won't be lost forever.
I lay the lid on a wicker side table and picked the feathers from our porch furniture, some stuck in the wicker of the sofa, some stuck on the velvety throw pillows.
This was my living nightmare, stuck, and so close to our destination, but stuck on a Saturday night in a town, on a corner with no way of reversing out one car and trailer, let alone two.
Stuck Stuck was created for code-golf challenges.
A bouquet of flowers sat stuck into a dirt pile at the end of the driveway.
Above and beyond this, though, it’s important to recognise when you’re stuck in unhealthy patterns.
A British student has said she feels “stuck” and is now considering leaving the UK because the Government’s “disgusting” plan to curb legal migration would prevent her boyfriend moving to live with her.
Absolutely, I’d get stuck in!
Access to the airport from the Luton Direct Air-Rail Transit (Dart) has been closed, leaving passengers stuck at mainline railway station Luton Airport Parkway.
According to police, the truck was headed south on the highway, when a tire got stuck in an ice rut, turning the truck into oncoming traffic and into one of the SUVs, which then hit the second SUV.
According to US media reports, an 81-year-old man got stuck in his car under the snow for about a week during winter storms in the US state of California.
Phrases with stuck
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with stuck
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- stuck in 76×
- stuck with 21×
- was stuck 15×
- stuck to 15×
- get stuck 15×
- getting stuck 15×
- stuck on 14×
- be stuck 12×
- stuck at 10×
- got stuck 8×