How to Use thick in a Sentence

thick

1 of 3 adjective

• The fog was thick this morning.
• The planks were two inches thick.
• She has thick, curly hair.
• The log was 12 inches thick.
• Ready to flaunt those thick locks?
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
• The skin should be thick and firm.
  — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 1 June 2026
• The old stems grow thick, woody, and bare over time.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2026
• Short and/or fine hair sets faster than long, thick, coarse hair.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
• The books may be a little thick.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Feb. 2026
• Pat the slices down to about 1/2-inch thick.
  — Linda Gassenheimer, Boston Herald, 20 May 2026
• But bond is thicker than blood.
  — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
• Her nose clogged with thick mucus.
  — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 27 Feb. 2026
• When Mom spoke, her voice came out thick and mucky.
  — Kate Crane, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
• His accent is thick and his teeth are a mess.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
• The mixture should be very thick.
  — Mary Ann Esposito, Boston Herald, 18 Mar. 2026
• What bangs are suitable for thick hair?
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
• The tree trunk was as thick as a telephone pole.
  — Sara Gregory, AJC.com, 26 Feb. 2026
• Highlights help add depth to thick hair.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
• Others didn't like how thick these chips are.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
• Her yard was covered in thick, smelly bird poop.
  — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2026
• Mix with a bit of water to make a thick paste.
  — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 11 Feb. 2026
• One big thick winter coat tends not to do the trick.
  — ABC News, 21 Jan. 2026
• Tear or cut the thick stems from the cilantro, and add them to the pot.
  — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
• If the stew is too thick, add warm water to thin it.
  — Judy Bart Kancigor, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
• Look for strong 1-year-old stems that are about ¼ to ¾ inch thick.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
• Aerial footage of the fire showed clouds of thick black smoke.
  — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 27 May 2026
• Then think of a tree with strong, thick roots and big branches.
  — Soph Warnes, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
• Bangs can help reduce some weight from thick hair while adding style.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
• The video showed plumes of thick black smoke rising from the plant.
  — Michael Holtz, New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2026
• This creates a thick sheet of ice that can be hard to get rid of.
  — Asia London Palomba, The Spruce, 20 Feb. 2026

thick

2 of 3 adverb

• Apples hung thick on the trees.
• Love for Brady — and the scent of sausage — hangs thick in the air.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Oct. 2019
• Even for a genre not known for good taste, this is pretty thick-headed.
  — Chris Barton, latimes.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• My quest for bread leads to a choice between white, brown, seeded, malt, thick-sliced or thin-sliced.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2011
• Start by running the pasta dough through a pasta roller into long sheets about one-eighth inch thick.
  — Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 21 Apr. 2020
• Slice plantains about 1/4-inch thick on a bias or lengthwise into long strips.
  — Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2021
• Food Cartel pod, where the brisket is salt-rubbed and thick-sliced with juicy meat under a jiggling fat cap.
  — Michael Russell, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2020
• That rule applies whether the bacon is thick-cut or thin, hickory or maple-smoked, the fancy stuff or the cheap stuff.
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2021
• High-gloss paints are very thick and applying them can be tricky for the DIYer.
  — Brian Sodoma, azcentral, 9 May 2018
• The bacon cheeseburger, with plenty of thick-cut bacon, suited us just fine.
  — Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2019
• During a meet-and-greet backstage after the show, a student with thick-rimmed glasses wearing a short-sleeve shirt and tie came up to me.
  — Marc Myers, WSJ, 1 June 2021
• Chkhikvishvili, who wore thick-rimmed black glasses and a beige jail jumpsuit, wept and leaned back as Reich laid out his argument.
  — John Annese, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026
• Feedback is minimal through the prototype's thick-rimmed steering wheel, but there's plenty of bite at the front end.
  — Greg Kable, Car and Driver, 20 May 2021
• On a work surface lightly dusted with cornstarch, roll white gum paste 1/8 inches thick and cut out bunny ears.
  — Anna Helm Baxter, Woman's Day, 6 Mar. 2018
• Remember the Icy Hot spread thick across our parents’ prideful backs after a twelve hour shift at work.
  — Yesika Salgado, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
• The wax — which is made of beeswax, castor seed oil, and lanolin — goes on thick but immediately melts upon contact with skin.
  — Audrey Noble, Allure, 23 Jan. 2020
• The chicken club sandwich had thick slabs of chicken meat and equally thick-cut bacon, which unfortunately was a bit tough.
  — Kate Washington, sacbee, 23 Feb. 2018
• Janice limply heaves the thick unabridged dictionary into the metal trash can at the corner of Vandam and crosses the street.
  — Miles Marshall Lewis, The Root, 18 Mar. 2018
• Tom Ford brought back thick elastic headbands — but upgraded them to leather, naturally.
  — refinery29.com, 28 Mar. 2018
• This sandwich packs thick-cut, housemade bacon, collard greens, pimento cheese and ranch dressing between two slices of Texas toast.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• Soft-touch materials are soft enough and well placed, and there's VW's familiar and nicely thick-rimmed steering wheel.
  — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 26 May 2021
• Anxiety in South Lake Tahoe hung thick in the air Thursday, even as a blanket of smoke that has for days choked the area eased slightly.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2021
• In Xi'an's popular Muslim market, the scent of cumin hangs thick in the air over stalls where pomegranate juice and Arabic bread are sold.
  — David McKenzie, CNN, 14 May 2017
• For their casual outing, Garner wore a sweater, jeans, a face mask and thick-rimmed glasses, while Miller wore dark pants and a flannel shirt rolled up to his elbows.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2023
• Wooden skewers, rim salt and an assortment of garnishes, such as thick-cut bacon, beef sticks, ham, sausage, citrus fruits, cheese, bell peppers and four stalks of celery make it into the kit.
  — Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020
• This New Year’s Eve, when blazes near Mallacoota caused smoke so thick the sky turned pitch black, my family absorbed the news and the imagery in horror.
  — New York Times, 17 Jan. 2020
• Janice Combs worked as many jobs as necessary to send her son to Catholic school and maintain a lifestyle far away from where the truth about his father hung thick in every bar and lounge from Harlem to Yonkers.
  — Aliya S. King, VIBE.com, 6 Dec. 2025

thick

3 of 3 noun

• Then, the thick of the schedule comes into play.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025
• Here’s a look at their first week back in the thick of the student-athlete life.
  — Emily Hollwedel, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2023
• Not with both teams still in the thick of the Big Ten title hunt.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 19 Feb. 2022
• Around the same time, Raiff was in the thick of bar mitzvah season.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 23 June 2022
• And for this reason, Michelle Yeoh is still in the thick of the race.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 16 Jan. 2023
• This was also very much the case during the thick of the pandemic.
  — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2023
• Leaving the island was never a question — even in the thick of the storm.
  — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2022
• Leaving the island was never a question - even in the thick of the storm.
  — Reis Thebault, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Oct. 2022
• Which of those fringe teams could be in the thick of the playoff race in November?
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 6 Oct. 2022
• The Islanders are in the thick of the playoff race because of a hot streak at the right time.
  — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2023
• After a free drop, his wedge from an awkward lie hit the thick of a palm tree and plopped into the fairway.
  — Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
• Teammate Rosie Brennan had left her in third place, in the thick of the lead clump of skiers.
  — Adam Kilgore, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2022
• And Dad has recently jumped back into the thick of the action.
  — Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025
• Thrown into the thick of a ballet season, the dancer explained that there wasn’t time to be lonely.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
• The players who have been in the thick of it, though, are a collection of the sport’s brightest young talents.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 19 June 2022
• Nothing about the 20 chaotic minutes had been clear, least of all to anyone in the thick of them.
  — Stacy Schiff, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022
• Staley had more to lose, as his Chargers were 5-5 and in the thick of the playoff race.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2022
• Basil was in the thick of it, being led by the hand to his marker since the Bloater suit blocked off part of his vision.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2023
• Clydes during the last two weeks of its run in January and in the thick of the omicron variant.
  — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2022
• Denmark’s demand is expected to heat up this fall, with the Buckeyes right in the thick of the mix.
  — Robert Fenbers, cleveland, 25 July 2022
• Anyone who lives in New York City knows that the thick of summer can be quite brutal.
  — Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 7 July 2022
• Executives in the thick of it at the world’s biggest tech companies.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
• The Bengals are now in the thick of it all in the AFC playoff picture.
  — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 28 Nov. 2022
• The Union Athletics Club will be in the thick of it, new identity and all.
  — Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 26 May 2022
• Sometimes a punchy line or two, sometimes a story or trail of memory or inquiry that drops you into the thick of her life.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
• The road sweep was also a critical step toward staying in the thick of the Pac-12 race.
  — Bruce Pascoe, The Arizona Republic, 28 Jan. 2023
• Monday's 9-1-1 saw Karen move from the sidelines into the thick of the action.
  — Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2022
• The need isn’t high, but the want for one in every cycle is why OSU still finds itself in the thick of things.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 1 May 2022
• The change in play brought junior forward Andrew Meadow into the thick of the action.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 20 Jan. 2026
• And as much as many of us want to be in the thick of cheering stadium crowds, tickets have infamously been going for sky-high prices.
  — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026