KICK in a Sentence

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167 example sentences for KICK, such as:

1. He kicked a hole in the fence.
2. The horse kicked him on the leg.
3. Liverpool kicked off an hour ago.
4. She wanted to kick the chair and run.
5. He kicked the ball into an open goal.

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 Meanings and Examples of KICK
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
kick
 v.  hit with the foot, or to move the feet and legs suddenly and violently
 n.  a strong feeling of excitement and pleasure
Classic Sentence: (125 in 9 pages)
1  You kick up such a heap of dust that we're choking, said Scarlett, who felt that she could endure conversation no longer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  The back kick of the pistol made her reel, as the roar of the explosion filled her ears and the acrid smoke stung her nostrils.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
3  "Soon's Ah kick dis black trash outer mah way," answered Mammy loudly, swinging the carpetbag at a black buck who loitered tantalizingly in front of her and making him leap aside.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
4  She struggled against him madly, trying to bite his hand, to kick his legs, to scream her rage, despair, hate, her agony of broken pride.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
5  And when we're strong enough, we kick the folks whose necks we've climbed over.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
6  And get every cent out of them you can, but when you've got enough money, kick them in the face, because they can't serve you any longer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
7  As she stopped to kick it loose frantically, Rhett, running lightly as an Indian, was beside her in the dark.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIV
8  She wanted to kick the chair and run.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
9  He flipped into bed with a solemn back-somersault and a ludicrous kick of his heels as he tucked his legs under the blankets.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
10  There's plenty of room for two to kick about in that bed; it's an almighty big bed that.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn.
11  Maybe he DID kick me, and I didn't observe it, I was so taken all aback with his brow, somehow.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 29. Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb.
12  Remember what I say; BE kicked by him; account his kicks honours; and on no account kick back; for you can't help yourself, wise Stubb.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31. Queen Mab.
13  Ambrosch's feet had scarcely touched the ground when he lunged out with a vicious kick at Jake's stomach.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVIII
14  One of them began to kick and talk about a basket full of crabs.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In III
15  At night he was tied down, lest he should kick the covers off him, while the family lay in their stupor of exhaustion.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
Example Sentence: (42 in 3 pages)
16  He hopped around the cabin considerable, first on one leg and then on the other, holding first one shin and then the other one, and at last he let out with his left foot all of a sudden and fetched the tub a rattling kick.
17  The government kicked a foreign secret agent out of the country.
18  Liverpool kicked off an hour ago.
19  He asked for the ball and I kicked it over.
20  He kicked the ball into an open goal.
21  I kicked the ball as hard as I could.
22  He kicked the door in and rushed into the house.
23  He kicked the football out of the field.
24  Don't blame me for the fight—he kicked me first, and I only kicked him back.
25  The gun kicked back with great force.
26  The country's leaders kicked five foreign journalists out of the country.
27  Glover kicked him hard in the crotch.
28  He kicked a hole in the fence.
29  The attacker kicked him in the stomach.
30  The horse kicked him on the leg.