THICK in a Sentence

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272 example sentences for THICK, such as:

1. These sheep have fine thick fleeces.
2. The ground was thick with dead leaves.
3. They pierced through the thick forest.
4. He's a nice guy, but he's a bit thick.
5. It is dangerous to drive in a thick fog.

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 Meanings and Examples of THICK
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
thick
 a.  of relatively great distance or between opposite sides
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The cold was less sharp than earlier in the day and a thick fleecy sky threatened snow for the morrow.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  Gerald was a small man, little more than five feet tall, but so heavy of barrel and thick of neck that his appearance, when seated, led strangers to think him a larger man.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  The lawn, reclaimed from weeds, grew thick with clover and Bermuda grass, and Gerald saw to it that it was well kept.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
4  The red color of her skin, narrow high forehead, prominent cheek bones and the hawk-bridged nose which flattened at the end above thick negro lips, all showed the mixture of two races.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
5  The thick deep-gold lashes that set off the gray eyes of John Wilkes and Ashley were sparse and colorless in the faces of Honey and her sister India.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  And her thick sooty lashes--they were fluttering just like the eyes of girls in romances he had read, fluttering with timidity and love.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
7  Beyond it, Peachtree road narrowed and twisted under great trees out of sight into thick quiet woods.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
8  And suddenly she grinned for, as a voice thick with brogue and whisky came to her, raised in "Peg in a Low-backed Car," she knew.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
9  The side window of the newspaper office opened and a hand was extended, bearing a sheaf of long narrow galley proofs, smeared with fresh ink and thick with names closely printed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
10  It was a beautiful piece of material, thick and warm and with a dull sheen to it, undoubtedly blockade goods and undoubtedly very expensive.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
11  It was a long yellow sash, made of thick China silk and edged with heavy fringe.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
12  If for no other reason she hated the Yankees because they kept her from having real coffee with sugar and thick cream in it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
13  The spurred horse went off as though on springs and Scarlett was left standing in the middle of the street with the red dust thick upon her ankles.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
14  She hurried into the crowd at Five Points, now so thick there was no room on the narrow sidewalks and she was forced to walk in the street.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
15  Scarlett picked up the small baby and wrapped him hastily in a thick towel.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
Example Sentence: (62 in 5 pages)
16  Draw a thick black line across the page.
17  It is dangerous to drive in a thick fog.
18  In summer, especially lush vegetation, holly leaves shiny shiny, elm tree with luxuriant foliage, give people put up a thick green shade.
19  The old thick rad did not give enough clearance for a normal or any other type of fan.
20  The sun soon dispelled the thick fog over the field.
21  These sheep have fine thick fleeces.
22  They pierced through the thick forest.
23  The hunters camped in the midst of the thick forest.
24  The sound of an engine echoed back from the thick forest.
25  In the gloom of the thick forest, they nearly lost their way.
26  The ground was thick with dead leaves.
27  He's a nice guy, but he's a bit thick.
28  In addition to the thick fog, there was a heavy swell.
29  You need a piece of thick cord about two metres long.
30  His captors had put a gag of thick leather in his mouth.