Sentences with phrase «like licorice sticks»
Wang described the impact of the next inevitable great quake on a host of schools in the state that were built of unreinforced masonry before the danger was recognized: «They'll snap like candy canes instead of bending like licorice sticks.»
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I had bone pain — it felt like someone was twisting my fibula like it was a licorice stick.
The stuff sticks like licorice on dry tarmac, but in the wet the shaved tread pattern is bound to be at odds with puddles and aquaplaning grooves.
In the dry, the PZero tires (255 / 35 YR -19 at the front and 295 / 30 YR -19 in back) stick like licorice to just about any type of road.
I particularly liked «the greasy nepenthean scent of pepperoni pizza,» «sandwiched like a hunk of bad roast beef,» and «I wanted to stick my hurt out at [Maria] like a black licorice - coated tongue.»
A half - chewed stick of licorice sits in thegap between His teeth, and His mouth has got a wicked smile, kindalopsided, like He's gonna laugh in my face at any moment.