How to Use shtick in a Sentence
shtick
noun
- That joke is part of his shtick.
- Sports are just not my shtick.
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And that's sort of part of the shtick of that campaign anyway.
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NBC News,
5 Feb. 2020
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Even Trump seemed to sense that the shtick wasn't working this time.
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Arkansas Online,
18 Nov. 2022
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The Martin and Lewis shtick was magic on the big screen.
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Michael Driscoll,
WSJ,
20 Aug. 2017
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For the good of the industry, the Winklevoss twins should find a new shtick.
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Byjeff John Roberts,
Fortune Crypto,
11 Aug. 2023
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The best part of the whole thing is King Ezekiel never gives up his King Arthur shtick.
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Troy L. Smith,
cleveland.com,
29 Oct. 2017
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Trump’s shtick about the wall doesn’t even rise to the level of truthiness, let alone truth.
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Eugene Robinson,
The Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2017
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And please don’t tell us that this is all just harmless shtick.
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Baltimore Sun Editorial Board,
Baltimore Sun,
22 July 2024
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Polls show many voters have grown tired of his shtick — and tweets.
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Josh Dawsey,
Washington Post,
9 Dec. 2017
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Hart finds new ways to riff on his little-man-in-a-big-world shtick.
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Gary Thompson,
Philly.com,
19 Dec. 2017
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One day, that whole shtick might get old, but that day isn't today.
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Mike Scott,
NOLA.com,
19 Dec. 2017
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That’s why my whole shtick on the internet about the bird tweeted a D-sharp.
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Nate Sloan,
Vulture,
28 May 2024
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So how the Oscars will look like going for it and their whole shtick could turn off of this year.
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James Brown,
USA TODAY,
27 Mar. 2022
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At this point, those of us with both feet firmly planted on the black side of things get her whole shtick.
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Stephen A. Crockett Jr.,
The Root,
25 Aug. 2017
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His handle isn’t far enough along for his shtick to completely work in the pros.
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Jeremy Woo,
SI.com,
5 Feb. 2018
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Loop parking lots placed them on cars, and the combination of words and shtick turned the trick.
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Ron Grossman,
chicagotribune.com,
3 Mar. 2022
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The 1978 movie proved that Cheech and Chong could translate their shtick from vinyl to celluloid.
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Noel Murray,
latimes.com,
7 Apr. 2018
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As their name suggests, their main shtick is to help plan out your finances.
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Elizabeth Gulino,
refinery29.com,
22 Jan. 2024
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The character may be tiny but his big shtick is hard to resist.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2019
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Their shtick is having six tourists stand in a line and bend over at their waists — while Mabon runs, leaps and flips over all of them.
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Heather Knight,
San Francisco Chronicle,
17 Sep. 2021
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He’s also got a better handle on the saving the world shtick.
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Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
31 May 2023
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The flintiness about every little thing is part of their shtick.
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Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
5 Jan. 2023
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At times, new episodes elicit the same emotions as the first season, but sometimes the shtick falls flat.
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Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
15 June 2018
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That set Ford on a shtick of forgetfulness that lasted the rest of the segment.
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Julie Hinds,
Detroit Free Press,
6 Oct. 2017
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The dizzying pacing, the litany of hapless jokes, the all-out slapstick and the familiar shtick.
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Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Aug. 2024
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On these two shows shtick is valued as much (maybe even more) as substance.
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Bob Raissman,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2024
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Cooper, along with Franklyn, tried to keep up the same shtick that made Call Her Daddy so famous.
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Morgan Baila,
refinery29.com,
21 July 2021
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Who knows how her shtick will go down the second season, but one thing is certain: Her quips and put-downs against the rest of the cast will surely be entertaining.
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
11 Jan. 2024
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At 17, Martin taught himself to play banjo, which later became part of his stand-up comedy shtick.
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Hugh Hart,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Aug. 2024
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