How to Use slick in a Sentence

slick

1 of 4 adjective

• The video game has slick graphics.
• Be careful as you drive home—the roads are slick.
• The new kid had some slick moves on the basketball court.
• The students did a slick job of promoting the concert.
• On the flip side, food didn’t stick to the slick surface.
  — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
• The better to show off the dress, Meghan wore her hair up in a slick bun with a side part.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 20 Feb. 2024
• The scenes are slick, the action is fast and the outcomes are predictable.
  — Amber Dowling, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
• The chow fun noodles are just al dente and slick with soy sauce and oil.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• Thanks to their slick wings, the birds can reach speeds of up to 22 mph while searching for food.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2023
• Some light scrambling over slick rocks is required to reach the cave floor.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2023
• The three coolest trio of chefs in town, Ghetto Gastro, came to stunt at the Farfetch event in some slick looks.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 25 Aug. 2023
• The video is stylized and slick, with some very nice luggage on display.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2023
• Not that there’s much cleaning to do, thanks to that slick silicone.
  — H Conley, Bon Appétit, 23 Mar. 2023
• Crouched on the floor with the pistol resting on his chest, Beasley had dropped his cellphone, slick with his own blood.
  — Lizzie Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Feb. 2023
• The texture is silky slick and smooth with even color throughout, and no loose threads or flaws.
  — Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Jan. 2024
• For those with oily scalps, keeping the product below the ears will help combat slick roots.
  — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 13 June 2023
• Cool poached apples, slick with sesame oil, top the warm salad, framed with lettuce for bundling.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
• Haliburton didn't show much in the way of rust, bringing the same slick moves on his drives and dazzling passes.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Mar. 2023
• Keep in mind, some patches of slick ice could refreeze from daytime melt.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
• That’s not the case with this clear balm, which feels slick (yet not greasy) and comes with a gourmand flavor of vanilla and brown sugar.
  — Deanna Pai, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
• Roads will be slick, so leave a little extra time for any travel!
  — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 21 Mar. 2024
• These books are made of paperboard, which is like thick cardboard, with a slick coating that makes the pages even more durable.
  — Brienne Walsh, Parents, 6 Oct. 2023
• My new apartment building has lots of outdoor stairs, which were still slick from the rain that occurred that night.
  — Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2023
• Dean stands to West’s right sporting a flat bill hat from MWA, his label, and a slick black windbreaker.
  — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2023
• Drivers should be on the lookout for slick roads through Tuesday morning.
  — Max Golembo, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2024
• While the instrument panel looks slick, the gauges are a confusing mess.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 8 Feb. 2023
• Our muffins and cupcakes rose nicely, cooked evenly, and popped right out, thanks to the slick nonstick coating.
  — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2023
• The compression of so many people in such a narrow space meant Acre’s harbor was slick with grime.
  — Nicholas Morton, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2023
• Stuck vehicles added to the havoc as commuters tried to navigate the slick roads.
  — oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2023
• Adriana Cuba is especially strong as Ada, the slick, insincere and high-pressure missionary leader whose only interest is making her numbers for the year.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2024

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slick

2 of 4 verb

• The rain slicked the roads.
• The punk look was part faux-hawk, part slicked back pony.
  — Sarah Spellings, The Cut, 3 July 2018
• Sparks flew, and my face was pelted with bits of ground pork and slicked with brine.
  — Adam Shatz, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2019
• The rest of her hair was slicked down, with the front portion subtly waved near her face.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 26 Feb. 2024
• There’s a very young Udo Kier with his hair slicked back.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 24 Mar. 2023
• The only change was that his unruly hair was slicked down.
  — Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com, 19 Oct. 2019
• Her jet-black hair was slicked back into a sleek high pony.
  — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 12 July 2023
• Season with salt and toss in enough dressing to slick the grains.
  — Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2023
• The look was paired with knee-high socks and white tennis shoes while Williams wore her hair slicked back.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 28 July 2023
• In Sport Bowling, balls slick their ways down alleys thanks to the oil coating the lanes.
  — Cassie Owens, Philly.com, 2 June 2018
• On hair, Eugene Souleiman slicked and wrapped the strands into a flower at the ear.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 21 Feb. 2024
• My hair slicked back, my ponytail pinned away, a white sailor’s cap perched on my head.
  — Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Harper's magazine, 25 Nov. 2019
• The streets were rain-slicked and icy, but in Marunouchi, safely in the US zone of Tokyo, that was no deterrent.
  — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 8 Dec. 2018
• As for her hair, Jenner’s locks were slicked back in a low updo.
  — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 13 May 2018
• Her black hair was barely an inch long and nearly slicked down to her scalp.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 29 Sep. 2023
• Drain and slick them with a little bit of olive oil to prevent sticking.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
• To finish the look, Gigi wore her hair slicked back into a chic chignon.
  — Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 28 June 2023
• Her dark-blonde hair was slicked back, and her glam look included rosy blush and a new lip.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Apr. 2023
• He’s been hanging off the back of a garbage truck for most of the past ten hours and his arms are slicked with sweat in the 91° afternoon heat.
  — Time, 3 Aug. 2023
• His slicked-back hair is not unlike the 1950s 'do that his character has been known to wear.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 7 Jan. 2019
• His salt-and-pepper hair was slicked with gel, and tattoos snaked under the sleeve of his T-shirt.
  — Lizzie Johnson, SFChronicle.com, 13 July 2018
• Klum wore a layered flowy white dress and black pointed-toe heels with her hair slicked back.
  — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2023
• The little one donned a black suit and bow tie, while his hair had been slicked back and a moustache had been drawn above his lips.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
• La Luz is sixty-nine, with slicked-back hair and a salt-and-pepper mustache.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2020
• With her hair slicked back, all eyes were on Harvey’s glowy makeup look.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
• Brenda pulls a small Nokia from her fanny pack; the screen is slicked with massage oil.
  — National Geographic, 14 Nov. 2019
• In the video, Markle enters the frame wearing a high-neck blouse and a blazer with slicked-back hair and sunglasses.
  — Morgan M. Evans, Fox News, 17 May 2018
• The Lotus Flower tiara was tucked into straight hair that had been teased at the crown and slicked behind her ears.
  — Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
• The interviewer is a middle-aged man with oily, slicked-back hair and fair skin.
  — David Canfield, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2020
• Assange wore a blue sweater and a blue sports jacket for the hearing, and wore his silvery-gray hair slicked back.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2019

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slick

3 of 4 noun

• The wheel began to shake in my hands; the road had grown slick, as though with oil.
  — Ben Lerner, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
• At dawn the sea is a slick of pink in the small cove near our house in Portland.
  — Jessica Kerwin Jenkins, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2020
• Late in the day, a 5-foot long blue shark swam into our chum slick.
  — Brian Skerry, National Geographic, 31 July 2020
• The oil spill was the largest in history, and in some places the slick was five inches thick.
  — The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
• Turlington sure knows how to amp up the glam for evening: with a slick of lipstick.
  — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2022
• The famous slicks of F1 racing ensure the most contact with the ground.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023
• To get the edges of your dreams, the brand recommends their three-step process: slick, swoop, and define.
  — Jennifer Ford, Essence, 28 Aug. 2019
• After Shesterkin denied Arthur Kaliyev in the sixth round, Fox roofed a slick backhand that stuck in the net to win it.
  — Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2022
• The neat braid jam is the perfect jam to slick and blend the hair with the extensions for a flawless install.
  — Akili King, Essence, 17 Jan. 2024
• Golladay made a slick open-field move to get in the end zone on his 59-yard touchdown catch.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2019
• There should be a good, hearty slick covering the entire pot.
  — Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2022
• In the end, the styling really does feel ultra-slick and confident, just like the song.
  — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2019
• In the wake of a fishing boat, a slick of dead and dying herrings covers the surface of the sea off the coast of Norway.
  — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2021
• Photos of the spill show large chunky globules and long slicks of oil floating on the Gulf's surface.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2023
• LeMahieu made a slick leaping catch of a sharp line drive by Marwin Gonzalez to end the fourth.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2019
• She's swapped the usual belt for a black woven belt, and topped off her look with a slick of bright red lippie.
  — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 26 May 2023
• The stainless steel bolt with rear locking lugs runs a short at 1.5-inches and is liquid slick right out the box.
  — Michael R. Shea, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• The texture did leave an oily slick in the mouth afterwards, noticed Uskokovic.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 29 Aug. 2022
• The slicks covered only around eight percent of the ocean's surface in a large coastal region off Hawai'i.
  — Cathleen O'Grady, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2019
• The non-locking diopter is a tad too loose, and the finish is a little slick—both minor quibbles.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 10 May 2023
• The Ouai’s famous hair oil keeps even the most unmanageable hair slick and shiny.
  — Anna Tingley, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
• Paige Rudzin's 1,600-square-foot two-bedroom apartment is the perfect blend of rock-and-roll edge with a touch of New York City slick.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 13 Sep. 2021
• If chumming is involved, the stern is also prime because the slick will flow out behind the boat.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 8 Nov. 2023
• Is the coating slick or rough, and will that impact the gun’s operation?
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 11 Jan. 2021
• The whale’s floating body also forms a chum slick on the surface—a trail of blood, oil, and chunks of fat and flesh that might stretch for miles across the water.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2021
• The beet-red minced fish, which gets its kick from a spicy miso sauce and its slick from sesame oil, arrives atop little rounds of corn chips.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022
• Officials may have thought that would send the massive slick farther out to sea.
  — Janet Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2021
• Slide in 1 slice bread, quickly flipping it so both sides get a slick of butter.
  — Smitha Menon, Bon Appétit, 11 Mar. 2023
• The surface area of this single slick of dead alewives was nearly the size of Tanner's largest lake in Colorado.
  — Dan Egan, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021
• Left to flow, the unearthed springs turn dirt roads into unstable slicks of mud.
  — WIRED, 23 Dec. 2023

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slick

4 of 4 adverb

• The slick-fielding shortstop played on the varsity as a freshman.
  — Pat Disabato, chicagotribune.com, 29 Apr. 2021
• This slick-looking pen creates smooth lines with the ink color of your choosing.
  — Jillian Tracy, CNN Underscored, 3 Aug. 2020
• The Arctic Circle is wrapped in a slick-looking matte gray and white livery.
  — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 2 Feb. 2022
• The key loss is Andelin, the slick-fielding third baseman, who finished the season hitting .362.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2022
• Moreover, this slick-looking and enjoyable-enough romp seems to pass the Jumanji test.
  — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
• Now, this slick-looking player, with the sharp goatee and nice leather jacket, is getting ready to go upstate and do a seven-year bid.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2021
• The company is also showing off a full-scale, slick-looking black model at events.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2023
• The Rockies have been looking for a slugging, slick-fielding first baseman since Todd Helton retired.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2022
• The slick-looking four-wheel-drive remote control car has smooth rear wheels and a lightweight plastic chassis for easy drifting and recovery, with a top speed of 15 miles per hour.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 4 Aug. 2022
• The self-congratulatory note in the blooper reel over the end credits feels unearned on a slick-looking movie that gets too tangled up in its own complications to remain effective.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2022
• The slick-fielding shortstop moved over to second and was a quality defender despite never really playing there.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Nov. 2021
• Luis Urías, 23, in his first season in the majors as an everyday shortstop, has enjoyed playing next to slick-fielding second baseman Kolten Wong and getting the opportunity to turn some sizzling double plays with him.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2021
• The corner block never had much of a design justification, but with the individual camera lens, Samsung has landed on an honestly slick-looking minimal design.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2023
• The slick-fielding shortstop played on the varsity as a freshman.
  — Pat Disabato, chicagotribune.com, 29 Apr. 2021
• This slick-looking pen creates smooth lines with the ink color of your choosing.
  — Jillian Tracy, CNN Underscored, 3 Aug. 2020
• The Arctic Circle is wrapped in a slick-looking matte gray and white livery.
  — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 2 Feb. 2022
• The key loss is Andelin, the slick-fielding third baseman, who finished the season hitting .362.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2022
• Moreover, this slick-looking and enjoyable-enough romp seems to pass the Jumanji test.
  — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
• Now, this slick-looking player, with the sharp goatee and nice leather jacket, is getting ready to go upstate and do a seven-year bid.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2021
• The company is also showing off a full-scale, slick-looking black model at events.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2023
• The Rockies have been looking for a slugging, slick-fielding first baseman since Todd Helton retired.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2022
• The slick-looking four-wheel-drive remote control car has smooth rear wheels and a lightweight plastic chassis for easy drifting and recovery, with a top speed of 15 miles per hour.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 4 Aug. 2022
• The self-congratulatory note in the blooper reel over the end credits feels unearned on a slick-looking movie that gets too tangled up in its own complications to remain effective.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2022
• The slick-fielding shortstop moved over to second and was a quality defender despite never really playing there.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Nov. 2021
• Luis Urías, 23, in his first season in the majors as an everyday shortstop, has enjoyed playing next to slick-fielding second baseman Kolten Wong and getting the opportunity to turn some sizzling double plays with him.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2021
• The corner block never had much of a design justification, but with the individual camera lens, Samsung has landed on an honestly slick-looking minimal design.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2023
• The slick-fielding shortstop played on the varsity as a freshman.
  — Pat Disabato, chicagotribune.com, 29 Apr. 2021
• This slick-looking pen creates smooth lines with the ink color of your choosing.
  — Jillian Tracy, CNN Underscored, 3 Aug. 2020
• The Arctic Circle is wrapped in a slick-looking matte gray and white livery.
  — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 2 Feb. 2022
• The key loss is Andelin, the slick-fielding third baseman, who finished the season hitting .362.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2022

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