Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Smooth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
sleek .
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Examples
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Tall, dark, sleeked back hair, handsomely dressed in a double-breasted suit, he extended his hand.
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Unlike the production by Daniel Kramer, who neatly updated the action when he directed it a couple of years after the invasion of Iraq, Diane Paulus's Broadway production takes Gerome Ragni and James Rado's tale back to its henna'd roots, with the burning of draft cards, marching against the Vietnam war – "Lay, don't slay" – and domestic protest against parents who wore suits, sleeked their hair down, and Hoovered.
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As he took off that awful cap, she saw immediately that the sleeked-down dark hair was a considerable improvement.
The Devil's Bedpost 2010
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I duck down under again, pop up so that my hair is sleeked back on my head.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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I duck down under again, pop up so that my hair is sleeked back on my head.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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I duck down under again, pop up so that my hair is sleeked back on my head.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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A serving maid was standing in the doorway; her hair was sleeked back and plaited.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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A serving maid was standing in the doorway; her hair was sleeked back and plaited.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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I duck down under again, pop up so that my hair is sleeked back on my head.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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A serving maid was standing in the doorway; her hair was sleeked back and plaited.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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