How To Use Tuck in In A Sentence

But it is worthwhile teasing this apart a little, unbinding the different aspects of rhetorics lumped together in one component and separating out the semiotic layering (i.e. the use of metaphor and metonym) stuck in with the second. On the Sublime
Instead, I was stuck in my little dorm room, answering the phone every time it rang in case it was Clay.
One for the latex lovers in your life, this anniversary alternative event is circus-themed, but remember to peel off your strongman's handlebar 'tache if you want to tuck into the birthday cake in the chillout room. Clubs picks of the week
The container had toppled over when the lorry carrying it got stuck in mud.
The same mythologem is also active in Dylan's opus, where - with the inclusion of the deepest part of the psyche - came to the repetition and extension of the transformation process, explicitly expressed in Dylan's song "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" from 1966: Expecting Rain

Then you start to tuck into your breakfast but have to give in after two or three mouthfuls because the pain of chewing and then swallowing the food becomes unbearable.
Our lead vehicle became stuck in a volleyball net.
The barrels of the .30 calibers were stuck in the ground.
Everything will work fine, but unfortunately your phone will be stuck in restore mode until you jailbreak it, which is what we're doing next.
I am having this recurring nightmare that I will be stuck in traffic for so long that I will die and my body decompose beyond recognition before anyone notices.
Well, she's stuck in this rat trap now, so I can't say I blame her.
Wolves and jackals, when frightened, certainly tuck in their tails; and a tamed jackal has been described as careering round his master in circles and figures of eight, like a dog, with his tail between his legs. The expression of the emotions in man and animals
Presently I saw a man leaning on a two-strand barbed-wire fence, the wires fixed not to posts but to crooked tree limbs stuck in the ground.
Depardieu's flick-knife is stuck in his stomach, and the dying man's description of his attacker is pointedly applicable to Depardieu. Archive 2008-08-01
Surgeon's stuck in a mess of an appendectomy ," he heard the clerk say. DO NO HARM
A pilot whale died last Sunday morning after getting stuck in the Sullom Voe in Shetland. WalesOnline - Home
Sorry, for 2 days now I have been stuck in Gollum-mode, drooling over the iPhone. IWants it!
The following trailer has Tricia Helfer, Emerson from Pushing Daisies and that guy from Fringe who died, got stuck in Olivia's head then really disappeared: May 2009
With a foul bottom we're only making 5 knots and I can't turn quickly enough, so we do a flying gybe, break a spreader on the main, almost throw the guests overboard, lose some cushions, douse sails, and tuck into Lameshur Bay, St. John.
The strands of barley's beard can get stuck in an animals mouth because it is sharp.
The game was stuck in the middle of the pitch for long periods as both teams cancelled each other out and the referee constantly whistled for minor offences stopping either side gaining momentum.
The car got stuck in the mud.
Dam u I-z gunna haf dat choon stuck in ma hedz all days nao The living dead - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
We once got stuck in a blizzard for six hours.
It is a pity that a book that has such detail is unable to overcome the obstacles of intricacy without leaving the reader stuck in the quagmire of literary and historical obscurity.
All I can say is that I'll certainly be expecting my men to get stuck in and it's up to the referee after that to decide what s a fair tackle and what s a foul tackle.
Now its good we can come here for an afternoon rather than be stuck indoors or in the garden.
Tuck into local foods while admiring the city's gothic, renaissance and baroque architecture. The Sun
T : Tuck in your shirt.
If you roll a misfire for the bounce the cannon ball has stuck in the ground and does not bounce. 6.
Tuck in your stomach and stand up straight!
Fortunately there's a six-game home stand stuck in the middle of the March gauntlet that makes those two weeks tolerable.
Because if He wouldn't do that, we'd just remain stuck in our illusions, unclear on the idea that God can do it all.
He made us see it was as if this soldier were on his way to Washington to help strategise for D-day and instead gets stuck in this Podunk town where he meets this guy, Woody, who thinks he's just gone off the deep end.
Get stuck in, close the big stars down and make life difficult. The Sun
The computer this is being typed on will presently be packed into its shipping box, stuck in a truck for several days, and then a garage for a month.
Come on, tuck in, everybody!
She has a recurring nightmare about being stuck in a lift.
The asbestos fibres got stuck in the hand-knitted socks and jumpers.
Gibraltar has had to set up special holding zones for cars and pedestrians stuck in stifling heat. The Sun
In the outland beyond the city people naturally have stocks on hand, because you never know when the weather will take down your juice and you'll be stuck in the house in February behind four-foot drifts with no phone and no lights.
My breath was stuck in my stomach, my limbs benumbed, my senses catapulted into a no-go area where terror meets exhilaration.
How about figuring out what the trip tik is supposed to be for the 3 remaining years so the rest of us can get somewhere other than this dank and dark place you have us stuck in now. CNN Poll: Obama approval under 50 percent
If we come unstuck in this game, it is about what we can do in the next one. The Sun
I think what you can argue is we're stuck in neutral. Obama Faces A New Political Reality
I wanted to tell her, but the words stuck in my throat.
The asbestos fibres got stuck in the hand-knitted socks and jumpers.
The economy will eventually turn around and it will happen soon, unfortunately americans have become so clueless, partisan and ingrateful, that america will be stuck in soul less and angy recovery for years to come. Obama: Jobs news 'modestly encouraging'
So I thought until I was stuck in traffic for a good hour and a half on elmwood, as drunk irish frat guys screamed "HEY" to me, or someone else in the road. Drunk & Irish
Apparently girls whose cars are stuck in mud is an emerging sexual fetish. Boing Boing: January 25, 2004 - January 31, 2004 Archives
We have to get stuck into him and slog him out of the attack. The Sun
It's about being stuck in the sticks with a bust radio, a girl called Megan and some wolfy things in the woodshed.
Whatever you do this summer, tuck in to this gorgeous, grapey, spicy yellow plum and greengage-layered white. Times, Sunday Times
In some cases, entrails of slaughtered animals are served back to others ‘stuck in the queue’ at slaughterhouses.
I had just spent seven years in an English public school, a school which in terms of its attitudes, beliefs and judgements was not so much out of date as stuck in a time warp, back in the nineteenth century.
The room was half filled with elderly contessas and solitary, beef-eating gourmands, with napkins stuck in their collars.
But lest anyone though he had been rewarded too much, he's now stuck in a grotty bedsit facing years on the waiting list for a council home. The Sun
Add a dash of cream and tuck in. The Sun
The change we need: four ways to fix fcc. gov - The Bush administration is coming to an end, but the FCC web site is still stuck in the Clinton administration. Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
The incident stuck in my mind because it was the first example I had seen of racism in that country.
Make sure you tuck into some spare Rib in the first race. The Sun
Reeking of managerial sub-thinking, the words chosen to sum up the new policy also sum up the current predicament of the party as a whole: stuck in the middle, unambitious and lazy.
The blizzard winds had come in much sooner than they normally did and he and the maids had been stuck in the compound for three weeks.
There was one pen stuck in the ceiling. Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who Were There
Of course, everyone knows that on the most crisp and beautiful of days, everyone must be stuck indoors.
And if you're stuck in a truly uncomfortable situation, speak with a flight attendant.
Left out in the heat of the sun, tapes easily warp or get stuck in their cases.
Things really get interesting, however, when a piece of paper covered in symbols is found stuck in the victim's sock. Castle Episode Recap: "Under the Gun"
Despite his ability for discernment and honesty, you still come away thinking he is stuck in a life of cliched fixations.
A Mano, a more casual place that calls itself an osteria and wine bar, made its debut in Mattituck in mid-June.
I think she felt it was belittling her loss so I got stuck in and several letters later we got a result.
She is a Muslim woman from Bandra Bazar Road , and she is unhappy , she votes for the Congress , but she finds that it has not helped her much , she has come to meet Rahebar Khan the local corporator, she cant take life anymore, her electric bill has trebled , prices of all essential commodities has skyrocketed and she is stuck in a groove of discontent. Archive 2009-08-01
At one point in The Banker, young protagonist Heartwell is stuck in arrears with uncurrent paper money worth a fraction of its face value as his only available funds. Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840
Stuck in a rather dull but well-paid job? Times, Sunday Times
And as Judge Elizabeth Gloster mulls it all over, London-based Boris offers advice to those still stuck in his homeland, oppressed by his enemy Putin. Hugh Muir's diary
Mindful that he might need the man's services immediately after he got to Maya's home, Peter let go of one side of the cab and pulled out his notecase, extracting a tenner which he stuck in his breast pocket. The Serpent's Shadow
And got stuck into my book, while sipping a hot cup of chai.
Drivers could find themselves stuck in rush hour jams due to new rules for moving abnormal loads, warns the AA Motoring Trust.
She's just awful in her role as the psychiatrist who ludicrously gets stuck in the precinct.
She told me a screamingly funny story about the time she got stuck in an elevator.
Scotland, despite that forbidding losing margin, did finally find the performance we had been waiting for all season and Ireland looked unlikely championship material as their visitors got stuck in with scant regard to reputation.
Of course the Germans came unstuck in that game but it would be a shock if they did so again. The Sun
I swallowed my chewie, it's stuck in my throat.
Each one has committed a howler, from getting stuck in railings to being wedged in mid-air between two fences. The Sun
The British effort came unstuck in depressing fashion. Times, Sunday Times
Buddy's clothes were strewn 'bout the room with care, and gumdrops and juub juubs were stuck in his hair.
She had never been stuck in a dull suburban backwater like this. AFTERMATH
Make sure you head back to the city in good time, though, you would not want to get stuck in this wilderness, even in the late spring and summer when the sun hardly sets.
Some how I learned the word "ahora" and its now stuck in my mind, and I find it really hard to say/pronounce "ahorita". M�s con un/una
We're bottom of the league and we have to get stuck in.
(Although I note that whitefellas learned pretty quickly to be respectful of blackfella knowledge if they got stuck in the bush or needed a tracker to follow someone). On Line Opinion - Latest Articles
Another childhood experience influenced the meal: Mayonnaise was banned because Fallon once got his head stuck in a banister at his grandparents' house, and they smeared mayo on it to squeeze him out. Jimmy Fallon's Top Chef Birthday Bash
Tuck in, it's the last hot food you'll get for a while.
Whether a camel is stuck in a gluggy saltpan, a vehicle is bogged on a giant sandhill, a party is running out of fuel or water, or guests are marooned on the wrong side of rising floodwaters, Rex can always find a solution.
You don't want to work at what's here, you join the Cadmians, or go someplace else, or you get stuck in the dyeworks or the mine. Alector's Choice
We seem to be out of margarita mix, so I'm assuming this is just tequila with a lime stuck in it.
With potatoes, carrots and peas and a tasty seasoned gravy, I couldn't wait to tuck in.
I think the only way they will beat the Wallabies is to put the biffo on (Australian for get stuck in).
Our feet would get stuck in mud or we'd come up against a sheer cliff wall.
From a programming perspective, these things are quite nostalgic - encouraging you to get stuck in and write some good old assembly code.
Stalls selling tasty hot dogs, burgers, chips, lollipops and candyfloss ensured everyone had the chance to tuck into their favourite food on the night.
The dart used with the _sumpit_ is usually made of a thin splinter of the _nibong_ palm, stuck into a round piece of very light wood, so as to afford a surface for the breath to act upon. Children of Borneo
What finally pushed me to this decision was getting stuck in a tunnel on a congested train for a long period.
The idea of a cyclical universe is controversial but a leading researcher believes we really could be stuck in a never-ending loop.
Millions more were stuck in part-time work because they couldn't find full-time jobs.
Even a soft body brush can feel uncomfortable if the bristles are stuck into the skin.
Another reason is, plastic sacks are commonly contaminated by trash, such as paper and metal cans stuck inside.
Setting quartz inclusions (at least the protogenetic and syngenetic ones) apart from your standard-issue nine-to-five mineral is the fact that they are stuck inside another growing mineral (quartz).
They just got stuck in a deep groove and couldn't get out. Times, Sunday Times
A knife was stuck in his back, plunged so deeply only the scrimshaw handle could be seen. STONE THE CROWS, IT'S A VACUUM-CLEANER
Even if we were covered with blood, even if we had glass splinters stuck in the shoulders and arms, we just couldn't feel anything.
My wife can't cook at all. She made chocolate mousse. An antler got stuck in my throat. Rodney Dangerfield
I started to run along the path, thinking that I'd not help matters if I sprained my ankle but not wanting to get stuck in the bush when darkness fell.
I was stuck in the sterile aerie of a creature who could fly—why would I assume that mysterious dark wings were a figment of my imagination? Raziel
Do you really still get dressed in your bedroom and check your look in a mirror stuck inside the wardrobe door? Times, Sunday Times
So tuck into this one's sweet, scented, easy-swigging, curranty fruit. Times, Sunday Times
Potentially rebellious backbenchers stuck in their constituencies were not offered this facility. Times, Sunday Times
You dies _straight, _ like a gentleman -- not cribbled up like a snow-fish, chucked out on the ice of the river St Lawrence, with your knees up to your nose, or your toes stuck into your arm-pits, as does take place in some of your foreign complaints; but straight, quite straight, and limber, like a _gentleman_. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2
It had taken us longer than expected to make the trip back and we were both a total mess with a thick layer of dirt crusting our clothes and flowers stuck in our hair, which was probably every where by now.
That's why these two political nonentities are stuck in the political quagmire of Vietnam.
Young Dick learned death — not the ordered, decent death of civilization, wherein doctors and nurses and hypodermics ease the stricken one into the darkness, and ceremony and function and flowers and undertaking institutions conspire to give a happy leave-taking and send-off to the departing shade, but sudden death, primitive death, ugly and ungarnished, like the death of a steer in the shambles or a fat swine stuck in the jugular. CHAPTER V
It may help to be aware of this problem, and close all windows and vents when stuck in slow-moving traffic. M. E. Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome - How To Live With It
I hate being stuck indoors, almost as much as I hate cleaning and cooking.
She had never been stuck in a dull suburban backwater like this. AFTERMATH
For a show ostensibly about the future, it was slightly uncomfortably stuck in the past. Times, Sunday Times
But lest anyone though he had been rewarded too much, he's now stuck in a grotty bedsit facing years on the waiting list for a council home. The Sun
Jelly sweets made with this ingredient do not dissolve easily and can result in the sweets becoming stuck in a child's throat.
The situation is not helped by motorists stuck in traffic jams seeing bicycles hurtle past. Times, Sunday Times
There was one pen stuck in the ceiling. Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who Were There
A fish bone has stuck in my throat.
Unlike "switchblade" type flash drives, there is no swivel or release switch to break or get stuck in the closed position. NotebookReview.com - The Webs Best Source For Laptop Notebook Info
How can we acknowledge the majesty and awesomeness of God with our nose stuck in a hymn book or liturgical program?
And yet Judy Miller has been trying to do just that ever since her ill-informed trip down orange jumpsuit lane saw her stuck in the hoosgow, protecting Scooter with everything she had because ... what, exactly? Christy Hardin Smith: The Public's Dilemma
Cole is not so much a loose cannon as one with the shell stuck in the breach. Times, Sunday Times
In the novel, the Duchy of Grand Fenwick, which is half a valley five miles long and three miles wide nestled in the Alps and mostly stuck in the 14th century, declares war on the United States and invades it with twenty longbowmen and three men at arms. Ccfinlay: Bedtime Reading
He was there standing on the front stoop, hands stuck in his pockets.
Those two would have been itching to get stuck into each other last night. The Sun
Now she was stuck in a very sticky situation.
He coughed up the candy that was stuck in his throat.
Firefighters had to help a woman who was trapped in the car and a man stuck in the cab of one of the lorries.
He passes me, and I tuck in behind, letting him tow me along.
It is an acquired taste for sensitive palates but a lot of hungry people are only too happy to tuck in.
The decision by Russia and China to use their veto power indicates that the Security Council might be stuck in a longer-term deadlock on issues related to the Middle East and the Arab Spring pro-democracy movements in the region, Western diplomats told Reuters. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
Trying And he said he can't wait to get stuck in to working with the legendary crooner. The Sun
But they were delighted and amazed when he turned up safe, but very thin and sooty, after an incredible four weeks stuck inside a neighbour's chimney.
They were stuck in a line of traffic.
Maybe the term anchor would be better applied to the right-wingers who stay angry all the time and keep us stuck in the squalid port of stagnation and division, rather than allowing us to move out to the bright and sunny wide open sea of progress and care for others. Texas Liberal
It is good that every person in the family should take some part in its manufacture, even if only to stir it; and it should be brought to table hoarily sprinkled with powdered sugar, with a fine piece of berried holly stuck in it, and surrounded on all sides by blazing spirits. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide
A comforting thought as you tuck into the pan-fried foie gras. Times, Sunday Times
You'll be the prince, and I'll be the princess dedication yup ... i've got two songs stuck in my head. .decating it to all the youths hu went for the camp .. Light4u Diary Entry
When this type of spear stuck into a shield it would sink in up to the barbs, bend, and make it very difficult to remove.
She got the key stuck in the lock.
But others don't care if it's scientific nonsense because, hey, it's just a conceit, and there's a lot of thematic intricacy to be wrought in mirroring the protagonist through a non-supernatural analogue of the fantasy/horror doppelganger: switch critical faculties to "metaphor", roll up the sleeves, and get stuck into interpreting the text. Narrative Grammars
It warns us in advance when starving, flyblown African children are about to be pictured in their death throes as we tuck into tea-time plates groaning with fresh food.
She had taken a world map, stuck in flags where she had already been, and pinned in all the places she wanted to go.
One could settle for the same old brand every time, but to get stuck in a fragrance rut is a cardinal sin.
The brown vinyl covering all the horizontal surfaces is coming unstuck in several places.
Fortunately he fancied the river, as it had been blazing sunshine all day and I was sick of being stuck indoors.
With so many memories two have stuck in my mind. The Sun
You can tuck in to moules frites or merguez, a spicy Spanish sausage, and chips.
Timing and Late Trading: When Eliot Spitzer was New York Attorney General and earned the handle Sheriff of Wall Street, he uncovered how hedge funds were maneuvering around trading rules like a Ferrari speeding around the hapless shmoes stuck in midtown traffic. Les Leopold: Is Corruption on Wall Street All in the Eyes of the Beholder?
I was stuck in a school full of preps where they named buildings after the stupidest things.
To me, the only thing worse than being stuck in traffic on the way to give a performance in a panto is being so desperate not to get a proper job that I’d accept a part in panto in the first place. But what is a busy and important celebrity to do? « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog
The British effort came unstuck in depressing fashion. Times, Sunday Times
He has always found it easier to look purposeful by striding about on the world stage than by getting stuck into the messy business of domestic politics.
It is an acquired taste for sensitive palates but a lot of hungry people are only too happy to tuck in.
Panic solution: scrape tops off blobs leaving bases stuck in omelette surround. How inadvertent experiment powers culinary science | FreakyTrigger
The Personal Democracy Forum provided plenty of food for thought to masticate, but one bit that’s stuck in my craw is the way the phrase “citizen journalism,” which should denote an important concept, seems to be turning into a marketing buzzword for mediocre writers. On “Citizen Journalism”
In all honesty I was expecting a tiny wall stuck in the corner of the hall about eight feet high.
When I'm in a game, the refs tell us to tuck in our jerseys so we look like ball players.
In the course of their "chaffing" they came to a spot about four miles from Paris, Illinois, where they saw a pig stuck in the mud and squealing lustily. The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln
The caravan interiors seemed to be stuck in a 1960s time warp, with pink velvet seats, patterned carpets and lots of teak furniture.
Fourteen years old and stuck in the middle of the countryside, he is grieving over the death of his mother and distanced from his equally upset father.
I had gum stuck in my hair, food thrown at me, and I was called the cruelest and most disgusting names. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Middle School
They were stuck in Beloit for some reason, and the punk shows started being Inspector 12, Libido Boys, Green Day. Matthew Yglesias » My Generation
Are you stuck in a rut, longing to be creative but unable to break free from the humdrum routine of your daily job?
The fact that the economy is stuck in neutral and that good jobs are hard to find makes the overcompensated especially tempting targets for TV voyeurs.
I was stuck in traffic, a mile-long backup that showed no sign of abating anytime soon.
Cloaks were tossed to attendants, each footman received a red cape, the two _picadores_ took position one on either side of the bull pen gate, the band struck up a tune, the gate was opened and a great Utreran bull bounded into the arena, maddened with the pain of a short _banderilla_, with long streaming ribbons, stuck in his neck as he entered, by an attendant perched above the gate. The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier
There were tales of how some of the men were held captive, stuck in boxes with holes in their sides, Fralgon offspring teasing with their clumsy pincers. FOOD ON THE TABLE • by Anitha Murthy
She felt like clobbering him and screaming at him that she had done nothing but walk since she had gotten stuck in this stupid world.
Tonight there will be row upon row of long tables set up, where the brave gastronome can tuck into boiled snails or dunk fresh bread into pots of hot, unidentified tagine: Morocco is not ideal for vegetarians.
The web is also like being stuck in a giant uncatalogued library, with every dusty shelf offering up hidden treasures; you just have to hunt for them.
When you're stuck in traffic, a mobile phone's an absolute life-saver.
A worthy winner of the 2004 Jim Poole award for short film, this claymation study of a man stuck in the wrong job is highly entertaining.
But the wheel was rusted tight, the sluice gate stuck in place. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
Wounded and held hostage with a makeshift electromagnet stuck in your chest, you take a couple of sardine ... Dan Persons: ReelzChannel: Step Aside, Iron Man: Top 10 Guys Gone Metal
I hated that it was the last day of school and I had to be stuck in there with all of them when I could have been somewhere, hanging out with my main homeboy.
It is kind of a risky thing to write a pop song about a legionnaire stuck in a desert.
Stuck in this miserable world with bloodsuckers and smelly lushes with guns?
She was stuck indoors with the kids while he was out carousing.
Seven of us were stuck in the lift for over an hour.
Uncle Rico lives in a trailer and is stuck in the past, reliving his glory days as a football also-ran by videoing himself throwing balls.
Thoreau realized that the land had been cleared about 15 years previous to him moving there, and there were still a lot of stumps stuck in the ground.
Make sure you tuck into some spare Rib in the first race. The Sun
But the willpower of those percipient priests had stuck in his mind like a stupidly swallowed toothpick in the throat.
Each one was dressed in the heavy shirts and pants of the port dockworkers, but on their belts they all had long daggers stuck into thick leather sheaths.
His poleaxe was stuck into the ground at the edge of the circle made by his men. Sharpe's Honour
My toes were gently caressed by the backwash of warm foamy waves, and I followed the strange vibrations of the sound, my ears stuck in a trance.
If you don't eat meat or fish, but are happy to tuck into dairy products and eggs, you are a lacto-ovo-vegetarian - and the most common type of vegetarian eater.

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