TUCK in a Sentence
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85 example sentences for TUCK, such as:
1. She tucked them up in bed.
2. So Miss Ellen, she tuck an nuss dem too.
3. He tried to tuck his shirt into his trousers.
4. She succeeded in getting its body tucked away.
5. She tucked up her skirt and waded across the stream.
2. So Miss Ellen, she tuck an nuss dem too.
3. He tried to tuck his shirt into his trousers.
4. She succeeded in getting its body tucked away.
5. She tucked up her skirt and waded across the stream.
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Meanings and Examples of TUCK
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tuck
n. eatables (especially sweets)
n. a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place
Classic Sentence: (73 in 5 pages)
1 He sprang to his seat and bent over to tuck the rug about her as she slipped into the place at his side.
2 Dey tuck all de candles, Miss Scarlett, all 'cept one we been usin' ter fine things in de dahk wid, an' it's 'bout gone.
3 So Miss Ellen, she tuck an nuss dem too.
4 He was a tall, thin old man with a bald head, which shone pinkishly dirty, and a grizzled beard so long he could tuck it in his belt.
5 She watched her conquering man tuck them into his inside pocket, and trudged with him back to the buggy.
6 And then Tamoszius' face would light up and he would get out his fiddle, tuck it under his chin, and play.
7 But Missis tuck sick, and I tended her; and I tuck the fever, and my milk all left me, and the child it pined to skin and bone, and Missis wouldn't buy milk for it.
8 Well, when it come dark I tuck out up de river road, en went 'bout two mile er more to whah dey warn't no houses.'
9 Den I swum to de stern uv it en tuck a-holt.
10 I was paddling off, all in a sweat to tell on him; but when he says this, it seemed to kind of take the tuck all out of me.
11 You've broken up that gentleman a bit; now you want to tuck him away somewhere.
12 Scarlett tucked the baby more securely under her arm so that he hung face downward, crimson and screaming, and removed the garnet earrings which had been Gerald's wedding present to Ellen.
13 She was silent while she stripped off the wet clothes and hung them over chairs and tucked Scarlett into bed.
14 In this wild and fearful time, Scarlett was frightened--frightened but determined, and she still made her rounds alone, with Frank's pistol tucked in the upholstery of the buggy.
15 Still the words would not come, but, a measure of poise returning, she kept her eyes demurely down and tucked the corners of her mouth into a little smile.
Example Sentence:
1 The department made a nip here and a tuck there, but they were still way over budget.
2 The extra income has meant Phillippa can tuck away the rent.
3 He tried to tuck his shirt into his trousers.
4 Families tuck in to hearty meals of sausages and rye bread, and men play cards over glasses of locally brewed beer.
5 He dug his finest dagger from the drawer of his desk, and tucked it inside his boot.
6 I tucked the money-bag in under the lid, just down beyond where his hands was crossed, which made me creep, they was so cold, and then I run back across the room and in behind the door.
7 She succeeded in getting its body tucked away.
8 She tucked up her skirt and waded across the stream.
9 She tucked them up in bed.
10 We were tucked away in a secluded corner of the room.
11 Nearby, a small alley tucked between 38 and 40 Hicks St reveals a trio of small houses.
12 I sing to the boys or read them a story before tucking them in.