How to Use stuck on in a Sentence

stuck on

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  • The three stuck on the cliff were then pulled up using ropes and harnesses.
    Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
  • Novoselac got stuck on the way up and was eventually pulled to safety.
    Jessica Guay, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • Monica Johnson says she and her young cousin were stuck on the ride for more than an hour.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • Upon running the update, some users reported their laptops getting stuck on the update screen.
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Miss Shields also had to deal with Flick (Scott Schwartz) getting his tongue stuck on an ice-cold flagpole.
    Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Barber said it was stuck on a truck partly because of heavy security around the celebratory events.
    ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • There are four anti-stranding poles, two up front and two in the back, that can be used to prevent the skimmer from bottoming out and becoming stuck on shallow steps.
    John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Yet many of them are stuck on an exhausting financial hamster wheel, continually grinding to stay afloat.
    Justin Donald, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Some employees weren’t following proper handwashing procedures and a dead roach was stuck on a wall near the dumpster exit.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Hudson, a former tackle, seems to have stuck on the interior, where the Patriots are still exploring ways to add depth.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Spencer told me about trucks getting stuck on narrow roads after their drivers followed faulty directions; in June, a woman wedged her car onto light-rail tracks in Seattle.
    Shayla Love, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2026
  • But at that point, the headlines were still focused on relatively benign annoyances like car engines conking out, or a bridge getting stuck on Roosevelt Road.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Some people initially stuck on rides at the mall were assisted by the East Rutherford Fire Department personnel.
    Vanessa Murdock, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Tau's robots are operated remotely by human technicians who supervise the AI that controls them and who can step in if the devices get stuck on a particular task.
    Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • During Wednesday’s demonstration, the window washing drone began to elevate into the air as a high-pressure stream of water erupted from the nozzle, washing away the grime stuck on the Allapattah Goodwill Outlet’s walls.
    Delia Rose Sauer, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

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