How To Use Slick In A Sentence

There's a big difference between an amateur video and a slick Hollywood production.
Slicked-back hair, a bushy Italian mustache, sleeveless Iggy Pop T-shirt, cut to show his shoulder tats - "wham" across the left, "pow" on the right. Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines
Wrapped in slick vocal layering and multi-tracked veneer, the disc is more upbeat than previous records and features an old-country twang.
A guttural sound broke from his chest when he felt her sheathe tugging him deeper, its slick clench undeniable. Dreams of a Dark Warrior
It has the trappings of an election campaign in the United States, with slick television ads touting the candidates.

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Drop dead gorgeous pictures, a text that's zippy and slick, fun voices, and lots of words like "crick", "crack", and "creak". Archive 2006-04-01
It has the trappings of an election campaign in the United States, with slick television ads touting the candidates.
He was oily in character, very slick and unclean.
The 15 spaces have only their fierce commitment to individuality (and, of course, their amenities) in common, ranging in style from slick minimalism to full-on kitsch.
Oil slicks, overhead cables and pollution are all death traps for birds.
The game is slick, intelligent and witty. The Sun
They learned to dress and pack the catch, their clothes crusted with scales, the boards of the shanty slick with gurry beneath their feet. AMAGANSETT
You had to admire the slick presentation of last night's awards ceremony.
Manilow gave the slick, polished performance that we've come to expect.
His super-soft hands and slick moves force defenders to back off and give ground every time he approaches the blueline and he has the vision to find linemate Erik Thorell once the D swarms. Red Line: Dominant start has Canadian Seguin atop draft ranks
Somebody just gave me a shower radio. Thanks a lot. Do you really want music in the shower? I guess there's no better place to dance than a slick surface next to a glass door. Jerry Seinfeld
He adjusted his tie and slicked back his cowlick, ready for the prowl.
The frustrating part for the Scots is that the Czechs, while occasionally slick in attack, appeared glaringly vulnerable in defence. Strikerless Scotland's negative approach is punished by Czechs
The show is being "simulcast" live on the radio, with Snyder positioning himself not as a slick TV host but a man-of-the-people radio guy. Late Night Unplugged
His wavy silver hair was slicked back to better reveal his large and luminescent round blue eyes, which were at the moment centered on Katrina.
Some call it a slick logistics firm that just happens to be shipping phones. Times, Sunday Times
Authorities released a dispersing liquid into the coastal waters to dilute the slick.
In the grainy black and white photo I can still make out the sheen of A.'s hair oil and the way he slicked his dark locks back on the sides.
In the bid to eliminate the estate tax, anti-repeal forces have used slick advertising, explicit falsehoods and deception.
Forrest will need to press Mora and not give him the room to maneuver his way around and outslick him. East Side Boxing
Slick, ultraviolent advertising campaigns and an energetic presence on social media have added to the group's allure. Times, Sunday Times
Their presentations are super-slick, their knowledge of venture capital terminology is truly impressive. Times, Sunday Times
His hair was slicked back and he wore a white dinner jacket with a jet-black cummerbund.
This restaurant reportedly has top-notch seafood, slick service and awe-inspiring decor.
His hair was slicked back with gel, too much gel.
I knew that the biotechnology industry had been pouring money into opposing the initiative with slick advertisements and tricky sound bites.
Accompanied by Flipside, whose rhymes are always slick and savvy, the two performed a dynamite set.
A harmlessly fun prom band, the frisky sextet slickly employ synthesizers, moogs and a farfisa to frame their punk-lite delivery.
If I even vote on election day I will write in Hillary's name before I vote for this Chi-town slickster O'Donnell: Clinton will exit race by June 15
They climb out of their dark, slick Mercedes silently, slamming the doors rather than shutting them.
From a corporate sense, this is a slick piece of work.
This is bolstered with improved animation, so diving catches and slides into bases, for example, are extremely slick.
If you use gels, heavy creams or pomades to slick or spike your hair, adding a drop or two of your favorite essential oil (like lavender, jasmine, rosemary, sage or ylang-ylang) can counter some of the drying effects of such products.
On the technical side, the film has slick visuals and an impressive montage at the beginning.
Can we get to the slick pahoehoe flow that's halfway back to the road? EDEN BURNING
Rat-watchers in Alaska worry that shipborne rodents could stamp out 4 million birds-10 times the number slicked to death in the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Fear, Fur And Four Feet
McCain started off his campaign stacking his long resume against what he characterized as the meager accomplishments of slick talking Ivy League upstart. Capitol Hill Blue - The oldest political news site on the Internet
His favourite is to take the city slickers out to see the Northern Lights.
We don't see him behind the wheel of the slick electric vehicle, but vehicle dynamicist Tesla-speak for test driver Graham Sutherland sings the car's praises in the Wired Top Stories
As the oil slick from the recent offshore oil rig disaster makes its way to Gulf Coast shores - expected to devastate the precious ecosystem and hurt struggling businesses - the seeds of political fallout for the Obama administration are beginning to sprout. POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Monday, May 3, 2010
CityUnslicker said ... massive underbuilding due to planning regs is a key factor. House !
She walked across to the policeman, one shoulder hitched slightly above the other, her hair sticking out straight behind and worn in slick bandeaus on either side of her face, her hat trailing in a melancholy way on her head. Prisons and Prisoners: Some Personal Experiences
Slick gave the singers demos of his backing tracks and encouraged them to come up with words and melodies.
This food comes minus the usual slicks of oil and unnatural colourings.
On the cover of Candy magazine, "the first transversal style magazine," Franco sports slicked back hair, a black blazer, heavy blue eyeshadow and cherry red lips. James Franco in drag on the cover of Candy magazine
High heels, floppy slippers and shoes with slick soles can make you stumble and fall.
So I could have done with a good boot of morphine to take the day away and slick my passage home. Times, Sunday Times
The Studded Kling-On soles do well in slick conditions, but for the Salmon I think you really want to go with the Studded Rubber soles we offer. How do studded soft rubber soles(such as the ones in korkers changable soles) compare to felt?
Despite rain-slickened roads, they clocked an average speed of 53.71 kph - the third fastest ever.
If Olubamiwo allows O'Connell to make their contest a boxing match, it's unlikey he'll have the tools to compete with the Plymouth man but "The War Machine" didn't get such a sobriquet from trying to outslick adversaries in the ring. East Side Boxing
However, Murphy proving to be the master tactician took a gamble that the roads would dry under the windy conditions and had the car shod with completely slick tyres.
They also use what they call a slicker, being a dull edge of copper of about six or seven inches long set in a piece of wood, to serve as a handle. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs
Sure, a slicker looks smart as long as he stays in a place like New York.
40 Poems, ballads, and images suggested an American picaro, a raffish trickster and canny businessman, whose slick tongue and sharp wit made him impossible to trust fully.
Alex tousled my hair for luck - which immediately set me off because I'd spent an hour slicking it down.
The kitchen features slick matt white units and granite worktops, while the south-facing bay window grants a view over the garden.
His tanned shoulders pinked and heat dried the pomade in his long hair where he had slicked it back. GRACED LAND
The earthy humour is backed up by an impressively slick game. Times, Sunday Times
But will the tourists still feel quite so slick when they are trying to catch a slippery catfish using only their bare feet? The Sun
But it's almost too slick for emotional engagement and beyond its generalised political overtones the play lacks solid ideas. Times, Sunday Times
However, I can say after purposely firing multiple consecutive shots without swabbing the bore (under test conditions) that hot water slicked the rifle up to brand new in a few short minutes.
Slick suits and stand out colours are becoming a cool signature style. The Sun
I slicked my hair back again, but this time a little less severely so.
prototyped," so to speak, by well-crafted animation sequences which illustrate the invention in action, resulting in a slick, 2-minute-long package of ideas, personalities and even the occasional funny gag. GigaOM Network
I put her food bowl in my kitchen, once again on the slick tile floor.
The Scottish charmer will make the perfect super-slick lawyer in this kiss-and-tell tale of Roxie Hart, a nightclub dancer who kills her lover.
The giggle that implies that at the sight of each other's curvacious, water-slick naked bodies his admirers forgot all about him and are now busy indulging in lesbian hijinks? 13th June '06
His body was sweat slicked and burning when she finally came back to earth.
Plain suiting and tweed is teamed with slick, shiny leather and fine jersey tops.
And the app was slick and responsive, like a desktop client — and blazingly fast in comparison to Hotmail. Happy Birthday, Gmail!
To show you how far down that slick slope we've slid, lexicographically speaking, consider that quaint contraction ain't.
Inside lies a slick restaurant with chromotherapy mood lighting, polished black granite surfaces, and gray wool upholstered chairs that wouldn't be out of place in a West End eatery. A Taste of Prison Food
By 1980, major record companies disdained the music, preferring the slicker stylings of the new wave.
The characters in my "story", the slickness of the images, and the allure of the technological processes, which tempt me away from the hands-on, traditional methods of working that, I know.
His face is scrubbed, his clothes are ironed and his hair is slicked down.
The look was modern and slick. Times, Sunday Times
I unfortunately lost the pictures of his very slick bridles, but he has created two aerotow bridles from Spectra and Vectran lines in thicknesses used for shroud lines on parachutes.
I went into my room and pulled my hair into bunches, slicked on some lip gloss, then grabbed my bag and my trainers.
They were covered head to toe in crude oil from a massive slick that had formed over the site of the sinking.
Yesterday I archived my entire LiveJournal onto my PC using a slick program called ljArchive (it grabs everything and then saves them in a nice, browsable display, including comments), exported the contents to a series of XML files (one per year) and imported them all into my web site WordPress archive. Synchronicity : Bev Vincent
Q: With Idiots and Angels you've chosen not to apply computer animation or to slicken it up. Brad Balfour: Q&A Exclusive: Twice Oscar-Nominated Animator Bill Plympton Releases His Surreal Idiots and Angels
The grass itself was slick with the mist that rose from these gullies, squeaking beneath their heels as they went in pursuit of Rosa. SACRAMENT
What this does not indicate is that the Model 1999 is about the slickest, greasiest action of its type that I have ever used. A Top-Notch Working Rifle: David Petzal Reviews the Montana Rifle Company Model 1999 Ridgeline
But as a super-slick, dance variety show it had its moments. Times, Sunday Times
Her feet slipped against the slick roofing and she slammed into the roof.
They walked slower and slower, placing each foot carefully on this slick surface. A Time of War
Maher by contrast is all slickness and centrality — brilliantined, bespoke, with that pampered chuckle and long, connoisseurial nose. An Atheist Walks Into a Bar …
They can come home all over gurry, but she's got to have on a clean apron an 'her hair slicked up to the nines. Bachelor's Fancy
Unlike the others, he didn't have a rain slicker and the rain seemed to pour just on him, pasting his hair to his head.
They walked slower and slower, placing each foot carefully on this slick surface. A Time of War
She then added a smudge of kohl pencil, a slick of mascara, and that was it. Times, Sunday Times
He got round the defender using some slick footwork.
His usually unruly mop of brown hair is now slicked down with a neat side-parting.
The water sluiced over me like a gentle rain, leaving my skin slick and gleaming. Brush of Darkness
But as the blockbuster decade progressed, heroes got slicker, glibber, and more cynical. Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
But the totality of their successes can't be put down to running slick campaigns.
Think slick lifestyle accessories and sleek clothes for men and women. The Sun
Dark blonde hair was cropped short and shaggy, hanging attractively though it was obviously meant to be slicked back from a high, proud brow.
There's a big difference between an amateur video and a slick Hollywood production.
The mellow timbers and exposed brick walls add period charm to a slick revamp. Times, Sunday Times
Similarly, the chicken wings come in Thai jelly, a sticky slick of savoury honey coating some very ruddy wings.
For a moment, Helen stood very still, her expression apprehensive, her hands rubbing the ball, exploring the slickness of the horsehide and the ridges of the stitching. DIAMOND RUBY
The app in question is a popular book-reading app called Classics, which rounds up a bunch of public-domain titles in a slick-looking package that features a user interface with various titles perched on a bookshelf. article also suggests that the UI similarities extend beyond the top-level interface. Medlogs - Recent stories
A slick pair of black calfskin gloves is always stylish.
Few anime operations have developed the slick marketing skills necessary to take on the giants of U.S. entertainment.
The tight, slick production makes this easily playable at high volume without many gimmicky distractions.
He really sinks his teeth into this roll, donning a slick, denture-filled smile, and a kind of happy-go-lucky, glazed look.
Or for a glam look, slick back with shine serum. The Sun
Slicks have no tread and are used for best traction on a dry track.
Mass amounts of this innocuous beverage flooded the market and, backed by slick advertising campaigns and the lure of good cheap wine, few could resist the bait.
We pause on Park Avenue, cabs swooshing past, slick, chill streets, slippery sidewalks, a grey evening, a nondescript night.
But it's worth bearing in mind slick and slippery boxers nearly always have the edge over the big hitters. The Sun
I also agree this tends to happen most when the passing cyclist is faster, slicker, 'superior' or macho in attitude ... Tragic Death on Cedar River Trail « PubliCola
The steering is responsive and the six-speed gearbox is slick. The Sun
Her bright red hair flew out behind her, and her pale sweat slicked skin and sea green eyes glistened in the setting sun.
A search for the "sublime" in nature coexisted with ambitious historical subjects, slick moralistic storytelling and an emphasis on technological virtuosity. The MFA's New Art of the Americas Wing . . .
He's an unappealing throwback to the days of '80s City slickers.
That slippery little scut is as slick as a door-to-door Bible salesman.
The look was modern and slick. Times, Sunday Times
It is the slickest, greasiest, most-positive-in-operation action that you have ever used. Rifles of Interest: Montana High Country Series Ridgeline
The only thing missing was the Gipper's slicked back do, all Grecian formula and hair oil.
Concentrate on the content and information presentation as opposed to advertising and slick sales copy.
England's really slick play this autumn has been based on tying up defenders with decoy runners and then getting outside the opposition with some crisp passing. Times, Sunday Times
Mora will need to avoid the many traps that Forrest will lay and just stick to his gameplan which is to box and outslick the other guy. East Side Boxing
I put myself out on the line for this guy, and he was nothing but a shyster with a slick lawyer.
Colonel Cathcart was a slick, successful , slipshod, unhappy man of thirty - six .
The uppers feature breathable, quick drying leather and mess stitched directly to the midsole, and the outsole is a non-marking "Omni-Grip" rubber compound with traction control to prevent slipping on slick surfaces. ESPN.com
As a child I thought a pound of flesh was a euphemism for his manhood, the kitchen not really a room but a dungeon of tepid, slick dishwater and never believed promises. Fighting Irish
The aesthetic common denominator was a "finish fetish" or "fetish finish," your choice borrowed from the southern California demimonde of hot rods and custom cars—i.e., the kind of slick, finicky attention to smooth perfection required when applying dozens of hand-rubbed coats of cherry-red enamel to an auto body. When the West Coast Went Pop
With the second seat, I wanted to add a really slick bubble canopy so after lofting the lines we built a mold for the canopy and sent it to Evans who blew the unit.
You recognise genuine people and won't be fooled by those who make slick promises. The Sun
The best accessories are a slick bun and lip shine. Times, Sunday Times
His inspirations are the slickly veneered melodramas of the 1950s and '60s.
The sweat coats your body in a nasty, slick, oily sheen.
Oil slick prompts no-fishing zone Fishermen have introduced a voluntary ban on fishing in the area surrounding the Shetland oil slick.
Vice Admiral Jamnong said that patrol boats have been relocated to patrol the area and helicopters are flying twice a day to report on the movements of the slick.
There was an oily slick on top and far too many noodles, flabbily over - cooked.
It may have seemed like an impossible challenge, but I did the math: thirty-three guards, each with the capacity to carry a two-hundred-pound adult out of the slick grip of the sea, amounted to over six thousand pounds of lifting power, enough for the job. Manifesting Michelangelo
Motorists and pedestrians coped with sheets of rain, poor visibility, slick roads and strong wind gusts Friday morning as the storm made its way up to the Eastern Seaboard. 5 Dead As Torrential Rainfall Drenches East Coast
Be careful, New York is full of slick flimflam men.
Get it yet; she did not want to be judged on her own name and merits; she wanted to be known as the handmaiden of slick Willie. Video: Obama's South Carolina Victory Speech
The lightly poached egg that arrives on top of terrific, seemingly creamless spaghetti carbonara leaks its unctuous yolk over strips of pancetta, slivered endive and parsley, and slick al dente noodles.
We must be on our guard against their slick, thieving ways
The slick couldn't have happened at a worst time as the ‘tourist season’ has arrived and with a dirty beach they fear losing business revenue.
Her black hair was slicked down, her mouth a cruel slash of red lipstick.
Keep it looking slick with a monochrome palette. Times, Sunday Times
Hollywood's slick public relations machine has produced a new improved model of a young movie star.
He's wearing a pair of spectacles and his usually unruly mop of brown hair is now slicked down with a neat side-parting.
I wear my slick black hair in an elastic band threaded with red dice charms.
We can spend our lives dallying in false advertising and slick brochures about barren land and cheap trinkets and never for a moment wince at the dishonesty of it.
She became mindless and stupid and desperate and the thought of having that big, hard body of his pumping in and out of hers made her belly and thighs clench and her sex tingle and slicken. The Specialist
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But, in a foretaste of the film, the slick cinematography is also rather soulless. Times, Sunday Times
Toy sellers say scenes of desperate dads fighting over limited edition action figures hyped by slick advertising campaigns have also been uncommon this year.
Downstairs is dominated by a slick bar, muted colours, mismatched furniture and a dark slate floor.
The band sounded slick and overproduced, and gone was that raw sound that distinguished the earlier albums.
In this game, slick button combinations bring slick moves, which is the best way for you to get what you want.
The oil slick seriously threatens marine life around the islands.
Brazil's slick passing game gathered pace, helped by Turkey's defensive errors, but the score was unchanged at halftime.
They fear the death toll will soar if the huge slick is swept ashore during the upcoming hurricane season. The Sun
The three men in yellow slick overalls stand side by side. Times, Sunday Times
Northerly winds and currents will tend to drive oil slicks towards the spectacular seabird and seal colonies of Cape Terpeniya and Tyulenniy Island.
There is, Mr. Wrenn observed, "something simply _slick_ about all these old quatrangleses," crossed by summering students in short flappy gowns. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man
Her straight chin length black hair was slicked back with water, and ended at the back of her neck.
Its activists have constructed a slick publicity and campaigning machine. Times, Sunday Times
The London-born, Turkish-Cypriot artist has previously aped advertising's slick appeal, from photorealist paintings of his niece picking flowers in Cyprus, to covering his East End neighbourhood with billboard posters bearing his name in a cool, chunky font. This week's new exhibitions
She noticed how his slicked-back hair carried the faint, sweet scent of gel.
Everything about the way the nimble, compact fellow with slicked-back hair, informal formal outfit and open-necked shirt performs exclaims that he loves singing. David Finkle: First Nighter: Kurt Elling Fools Around With Time at Birdland
For a moment I think I am still asleep and dreaming: policeman in yellow slickers on the streets of London and people running.
Calvert is not a particularly strong paddler and seems shaky when lugging a kayak over kelp-slick rocks. Business and financial news - CNNMoney.com
he could feel the slickness of the tiller
Then he chased after the ambulance on the slick highway, pulling into the LDS Church parking lot in Shoshone 20 minutes after the ambulance did. Medpundit
Downstairs is dominated by a slick bar, muted colours, mismatched furniture and a dark slate floor.
Although the Parisian architect Jean-Paul Viguier designed the striking, cantilevered, bladelike, at once slick and luxurious structure, its unusual footprint and modernist look respond marvelously to its site and neighborhood, and Viguier's heroic efforts to "bring the sun into the project" show a sensitivity to both the city's climate and its architectural heritage, which virtually fetishizes openness and natural light. The Not-So-Second City
Just as frightening, and equally lethal, is the summer equivalent - a slick of engine oil on the road and a slight drizzle on top.
There was a sense of urgency today as cleanup workers tried to head off oil slicks before they reached Spanish beaches and the fishing grounds.
Honest, if I could make as slick a backout as that, without carryin 'away anybody's footprint, I'd rate myself a headliner among the trouble dodgers. Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe
Wal, I 'll say one thing for her; she draws the fire out o' Hepsy, an 'she 's 'bout the only livin' critter than can; but some nights when she 's ben inter our house a playin 'checkers or fox an' geese with the child'en, she 'd railly git Hepsy slicked down so that 't was kind o' comfortable bein 'with her. Oldtown Folks
The tide had perceptibly slackened and the surface of the sea settled from a small chop to an oily slick in which virtually every subsurface movement for yards around the boat could be seen though our polarised sunglasses.
A production that exudes class from the cast to the slick set changes, Cinderella is this year's thinking kid's pantomime.
Kids of all colors flocked to see Reggie Hammond (Murphy), the cool black dude with his Armani threads and Porsche wheels, outslick Jack Cates (Nick Nolte), the slob honky cop with his gangrened convertible and epithetgrowling mouth. The Boys Are Back In Town
Tommy uses every trick in the book to catch his man: dressing as a rodeo clown, shilling prizes as a slick Vegas huckster, or pretending to be a backwoods hick, Tommy has all the right moves.
The slick script contains just the right amounts of camp humour and epic sentimentality. Times, Sunday Times
His new hair is reminiscent of a young Clark Gable, with a side parting slicked over to the right.
Bosco = Skene island dedicated to forests and lumber as well as pig raising botaniste = horticulturalist; makes decisions about which species of plants or animals to resurrect from cold storage; annually elected position buono = upland burzaka = waterproof rain slicker SKENE GLOSSARY (SKENE TO ENGLISH)
Life looks peachy for city slickers desperate to escape to the countryside and set up home in converted farm houses.
A pleasant-looking young man, slicked up in new jeans and white sneakers, smiled and held open the courtroom door.
The Vermont ski resort boasts 485 skiable acres, foodie appeal and a lively apres-ski scene -- plus a new luxury ski in/ski out hotel and slick base area. Stowe Scales Up
The quartet gave a slick, polished performance. The Sun
We've all been through that horrid process of buying clunkers from guys in slick suits and even slicker haircuts.
One boat owner who did not take care of a fuel tank leak and was spewing fuel out with his bilge water was turned in by passing boaters who saw a long oil slick coming from his boat.
Nothing happened for a long time, then coroner's men in slick black jackets came out wheeling the stiff. DOLL'S EYES
She settles on insulated booties, oversize pedals, and a clear slicker, which she slips over her jersey.
The mud then spews under the Gapstow Bridge to become a muddy slough that inundates a good part of The Pond, leaving the rest of The Pond aswirl with oil slicks, sludge, and Dixie cups.
Hip, sophisticated and painted with Japanese cosmetics, the heroines move slickly through a life of nightclubbing, jet planes and media parties.

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