slick
Example Sentences
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The time to make refined, slick architecture is over.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Gilhooly sees Carney as a "slick guy" comfortable in "nice suits."
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
He once dredged up 17 rings in a single day by sweeping the ocean bottom in a spot where tourists, well into their tequila sunrises, routinely launch themselves off catamarans, their fingers slick with sunscreen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
But Hughes tripped and fell on the ground which was slick from rain.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
“Let me slick back your hair with this pomade.”
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
Vocabulary lists containing slick
The Skin I'm In
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