How to Use tick in a Sentence

tick

1 of 2 noun

• What are health risks from ticks?
  — Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
• And then this is like tick seed.
  — Olivia Young, CBS News, 9 May 2026
• No one wants ticks in their yard.
  — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 15 Mar. 2026
• What does a tick bite look like?
  — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026
• When and where can ticks be found?
  — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
• How long will ticks live in a yard?
  — Dan Simms, USA Today, 4 June 2026
• Check the rest of your body for ticks.
  — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
• As long as all the ticks have been tocked.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
• Here is how to tell if there are ticks in your yard.
  — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 2 June 2026
• Where has the Asian longhorned tick been found?
  — Addy Bink, The Hill, 21 Sep. 2025
• Check these parts of your body and your child’s body for ticks.
  — Allison Gollenberg, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2026
• Check these parts of your body and your child’s body for ticks.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
• Check these parts of your body and your child’s body for ticks.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2026
• Any ticks that are found should be removed.
  — Allison Gollenberg, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2026
• Any ticks that are found should be removed.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2026
• Any ticks that are found should be removed.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
• Where are ticks most likely to bite?
  — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
• There are lots of bugs and ticks when hiking.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2025
• Pets should also be checked for ticks.
  — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
• His four-seam fastball has not lost a tick.
  — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
• This tick season could be the worst in a decade.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 12 May 2026
• Raya’s walks jumped a tick in relief.
  — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• Don't twist or yank the tick to remove it.
  — Finch Walker, USA Today, 15 May 2026
• Wounds as small as tick bites can attract the flies.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
• Fleas and ticks like to hang out in tall, unmown grass.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 June 2026
• All get a tick by their name for their good first seasons.
  — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 14 May 2026
• Pull the tick away from your skin with steady, even pressure.
  — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026
• Pull the tick away from your skin with steady, even pressure.
  — Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2026
• And Steichen let the clock tick.
  — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
• Don’t twist or jerk the tick, which can cause the mouth to break off in your skin.
  — Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2026

tick

2 of 2 verb

• Tick the box next to your choice.
• I could hear the clock tick.
• His old heart is still ticking.
• Those clocks don’t tick at the same speed.
  — Michael Fealey, Sportico.com, 28 Feb. 2026
• What is the rate that time ticks by for them?
  — Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
• King gained two yards and was stopped in bounds as the clock ticked.
  — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
• Child care bills that keep ticking.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 29 May 2026
• Gas prices also ticked up last week.
  — Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
• Crude prices ticked higher to start the week.
  — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2026
• Crude prices ticked higher to start the week.
  — Yun Li, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
• Once cleared, the clock was ticking.
  — Jessica Riley, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
• Dairy prices ticked slightly down as well.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2026
• The kitchen clock ticked loudly above their heads.
  — Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
• That’s part of the reason his bat speed ticked up.
  — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
• The windshield wipers ticked like a metronome.
  — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
• Stolen bases are back, and the clock is ticking.
  — Chad Jennings, New York Times, 21 May 2026
• As the years tick by, the lips become a bit of a rebel.
  — Micaela English, Glamour, 30 Apr. 2026
• Then menopause started to change my skin as the years ticked by.
  — Jessica Hartshorn, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
• Definium shares ticked up more than 2%.
  — Alex Harring, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
• The Basque coach ticked a lot of boxes.
  — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
• And for Xi, the clock is ticking.
  — Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
• Nvidia shares ticked lower by about 1%.
  — Sean Conlon,brian Evans, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
• So now the clock is ticking on the Sharks.
  — Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
• Shares have ticked down nearly 2% in the year to date.
  — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2026
• Their home run rate has gone down and their strikeout rate has ticked up.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2023
• Rain and storm chances tick up on Wednesday.
  — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
• Shares have ticked down about 3% in 2025.
  — Brian Evans, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
• The clock is ticking, Goehring warns.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2026
• Make a list of your favorite movies and tick them off the list one by one.
  — Essence, 4 Nov. 2025
• But the clock was ticking to her April due date.
  — Maeva Bambuck, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026