sticky

Preposition: out

• bit: To miss the debris under the railroad bridges, you have to get near to these sticky out bits of rail line.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: Fibrin creates a number of threads that make the plasma sticky, enabling a clot to form.
• get: In the wet this can get a bit sticky.

Modifies a noun

• pudding: Never mind, the sticky toffee pudding was great, I'm sure Delia would have approved.
• bun: So Emma and I stopped into a coffee shop to have a warm drink and a sticky bun.
• mucus: It causes the muscles in these tubes to contract, the tubes themselves to swell and also causes sticky mucus to be produced.
• tape: Attach the balloon to the straw with sticky tape.
• co-product: This is a specialist blend of molasses, the black sticky co-product of cane sugar refining and vegetable oils.
• pad: Attach to surfaces using double sided sticky pads, or similar.

Modifying Another Word

• slightly: This is a blue, clear liquid, which feels slightly sticky.
• too: Not too sticky, just enough to hold it to the screen well.
• extremely: Its extremely sticky, gluing together any target's feet and hands to the pavement.
• rather: But no, they're leather pads, just rather sticky ones.
• pretty: More soon... July 21st 2002 It's pretty sticky here in Orange County, which I guess is what you'd expect.
• very: A very sticky finish can be achieved by heating the tray on the stove.

Used with adjective complement

• become: If the dough becomes sticky, add more flour.
• feel: This is a blue, clear liquid, which feels slightly sticky.
• get: Asking for specific tests or treatments gets pretty sticky.
• go: Fluid builds up inside the middle ear and goes sticky like glue.
• prove: Mobile phones come to mind immediately as a channel that can prove as sticky as American cheese.