Examples of sticky wicket in a Sentence
It's a bit of a sticky wicket.
She was on a sticky wicket when she saw her friend steal the fund-raiser money.
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Of philosophy’s many sticky wickets, consciousness is perhaps the most perplexing.
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Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
To that, timestamps may prove a sticky wicket for a part of Baldoni’s argument against the Times.
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Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
That third spot is a sticky wicket for a team projected to be just outside the top five in the game.
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Eno Sarris,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
While reforms have been proposed in the past under other leaders, they have gotten caught up in a sticky wicket of state bureaucracy.
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Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2024
The situation is a sticky wicket, to use an old-fashioned term from the sport of cricket, for the countless interest groups that depend on money from the budget.
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Dan Walters,
The Mercury News,
4 May 2024
In contrast, altering and editing an image can be a much more nuanced process that makes determining what part is from humans a sticky wicket.
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Drew McLellan,
Forbes,
29 Nov. 2023
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Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
To that, timestamps may prove a sticky wicket for a part of Baldoni’s argument against the Times.
—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
That third spot is a sticky wicket for a team projected to be just outside the top five in the game.
—
Eno Sarris,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
While reforms have been proposed in the past under other leaders, they have gotten caught up in a sticky wicket of state bureaucracy.
—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2024
The situation is a sticky wicket, to use an old-fashioned term from the sport of cricket, for the countless interest groups that depend on money from the budget.
—
Dan Walters,
The Mercury News,
4 May 2024
In contrast, altering and editing an image can be a much more nuanced process that makes determining what part is from humans a sticky wicket.
—
Drew McLellan,
Forbes,
29 Nov. 2023
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“Sticky wicket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sticky%20wicket. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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