How to Use stick by in a Sentence

stick by

phrasal verb
Definition of stick bynext
  • For the most part, Wolfe’s sponsors have stuck by her, which has been nice.
    — Frankie De La Cretaz, SELF, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Thank you for always sticking by my side through the good times and bad.
    — Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, 31 May 2023
  • And he's stuck by Holmes' side throughout her lengthy trial and the birth of their two children.
    — Elizabeth Bacharach, Women's Health, 9 May 2023
  • The couple have stuck by each other’s side through thick and thin and have only come out stronger.
    — Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 21 Jan. 2024
  • There were his walking sticks by the front door; there were his poster paints, wearing price tags from an art store that closed in 2016.
    — Elisabeth Egan, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Some folks stuck by me like the beautiful Aubrey Plaza, who brought me a casserole two days after the Trump thing.
    — Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Throughout her unorthodox rise to the top in business, Kat Cole has stuck by one rule.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Over the past week alone, past seven days, I’ve probably been stuck by a needle 60 times.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2023
  • All the while, Nasir’s loyal best friend Shafique (Shashank Arora), a wannabe actor and mill worker, sticks by his side.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 15 Sep. 2024
  • The texture helps to prevent sticking by allowing a tiny bit of fat to move around between the food and the surface.
    — Emily Farris, Bon Appétit, 17 Jan. 2024
  • If so, stick by your desire to be engaged before moving in.
    — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The pair met during their college days in Colorado, and Schneider has stuck by White’s side ever since.
    — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 6 June 2024
  • There have been calls for Fernandes, despite having the captain’s arm band, to be dropped from the starting line-up, but Ten Hag plans to stick by him.
    — Sam Pilger, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Police allege the shooters were aiming at Pablo-Ramirez and his friend, but only Pablo-Ramirez was stuck by gunfire.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • But McDaniel stuck by Crossman last offseason when the Dolphins had a rough season with his unit.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2024
  • He was stuck by a motorcycle driven by a 20-year-old male that was traveling South on South 27th Street.
    — Jessica Rodriguez, Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2023
  • Kardashian, who serves as Skims’ creative director, stuck by her instincts; Skims has sold the item for years.
    — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Some companies stick by the in-office work model and have pushed for employees to return to the workplace in person.
    — Sean Manning, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
  • But the numbers so far indicate that most companies, to their credit, seem to be sticking by their DEI programs.
    — Beth Kowitt, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Even as more companies roll back remote work in favor of return-to-office mandates, NMG is sticking by its move.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Justice Rebecca Bradley, writing for the dissenters, said the court was acting politically and should have stuck by the two-year-old precedent.
    — Patrick Marley, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
  • And as much as anything, analysts say, Sheikh Mohammed may be simply sticking by a loyal ally.
    — Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Much of the party has stuck by Trump, the runaway polling leader in the 2024 primary race, with many officials and politicians wary of crossing him and his enthusiastic base.
    — Maeve Reston, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Before the trials began, I had been told that the Masterson family was extremely tight and would stick by Danny no matter what.
    — Tony Ortega, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2023
  • Conversations are expected to continue among Democrats on Capitol Hill over how closely to stick by Biden, if at all.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 11 July 2024
  • Along the way, Harry listened to various ideas from others but mostly stuck by his own—including one about childhood trauma.
    — Paul Rudnick, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
  • The British government stuck by Innova, citing its own studies, but questions have lingered about the test’s efficacy and how the business was able to win such large contracts.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
  • So with few exceptions, parents stuck by him, even moving to California so their children could be closer.
    — Gus Garcia-Roberts, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2023
  • It’s used as a stick by right-wing groups to beat brands into abandoning inclusivity pledges, policies, and partnerships.
    — Marty Davies, Fortune Europe, 18 Sep. 2024
  • But in Alice's case, her fiancé and her father just stuck by her side and were extremely patient and empathetic and compassionate with her.
    — Leah Feiger, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2024

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