How to Use shtick in a Sentence

shtick

noun

• That joke is part of his shtick.
• Sports are just not my shtick.
• And that's sort of part of the shtick of that campaign anyway.
  — NBC News, 5 Feb. 2020
• Even Trump seemed to sense that the shtick wasn't working this time.
  — Arkansas Online, 18 Nov. 2022
• For the good of the industry, the Winklevoss twins should find a new shtick.
  — Byjeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 11 Aug. 2023
• The best part of the whole thing is King Ezekiel never gives up his King Arthur shtick.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• Polls show many voters have grown tired of his shtick — and tweets.
  — Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2017
• Hart finds new ways to riff on his little-man-in-a-big-world shtick.
  — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 19 Dec. 2017
• One day, that whole shtick might get old, but that day isn't today.
  — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 19 Dec. 2017
• So how the Oscars will look like going for it and their whole shtick could turn off of this year.
  — James Brown, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2022
• His handle isn’t far enough along for his shtick to completely work in the pros.
  — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 5 Feb. 2018
• Loop parking lots placed them on cars, and the combination of words and shtick turned the trick.
  — Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 3 Mar. 2022
• The 1978 movie proved that Cheech and Chong could translate their shtick from vinyl to celluloid.
  — Noel Murray, latimes.com, 7 Apr. 2018
• The character may be tiny but his big shtick is hard to resist.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2019
• Their shtick is having six tourists stand in a line and bend over at their waists — while Mabon runs, leaps and flips over all of them.
  — Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Sep. 2021
• He’s also got a better handle on the saving the world shtick.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2023
• The flintiness about every little thing is part of their shtick.
  — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2023
• At times, new episodes elicit the same emotions as the first season, but sometimes the shtick falls flat.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 15 June 2018
• That set Ford on a shtick of forgetfulness that lasted the rest of the segment.
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 6 Oct. 2017
• Cooper, along with Franklyn, tried to keep up the same shtick that made Call Her Daddy so famous.
  — Morgan Baila, refinery29.com, 21 July 2021
• Harbaugh’s staff seems to be getting as tired of his shtick as recruits.
  — David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• Only Murders in the Building does the same shtick every episode.
  — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2024
• Time Out New York asked him whether his shrill-voiced shtick had gotten louder over time.
  — NBC News, 12 Apr. 2022
• But this year, the Grammys turned back into an awards show — too much shtick, not enough music.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2023
• What if, instead of a high school tradition, the dress-up bit was part of a silly shtick for the town follies?
  — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
• Turns out a lot of people these days like what Berlant cheekily calls her shtick.
  — Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Nov. 2022
• In fact all the contestants should have some similar kind of shtick, just as many teams do in dugouts.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2023
• The drink is the latest shtick beverage Starbucks has launched.
  — Zlati Meyer, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2018
• There’s a heavy shtick factor that might make a New Orleans native groan — or feel right at home.
  — Malcolm Mayhew, star-telegram, 20 Apr. 2018
• Del Rey’s disconnect from the current moment is, in a sense, her shtick.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024