Read full poem →'pokerishness.' It is one of those 'dainties bred in a book' which we
feed on. It will stick to the memory of everybody who reads it."
Dictionary Entry
To persist; to continue (to use, do, etc.)
In a Sentence
“I have seen all the fancy electric toothbrushes, but I'm going to stick to the old-fashioned kind.”
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Poetry examples for “stick to”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →and consistent sustaining of imaginative lift and ‘pokerishness.’ It is
one of those ‘dainties bred in a book’ which we feed on. It will stick to
the memory of everybody who reads it.” In the February number of the
Read full poem →And the old hare half wounded buzzes bye.
They get a forked stick to bear him down
And clap the dogs and take him to the town,
Read full poem →At a dinner so various—at such a repast
Who'd not be a glutton, and stick to the last?
Here, waiter, more wine! let me sit while I'm able,
Read full poem →At a dinner so various, at such a repast,
Who’d not be a glutton, and stick to the last?
Here, waiter! more wine, let me sit while I’m able,