I.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be stuck/caught/held up in traffic
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Sorry I’m late – I was stuck in traffic.
get sth caught/stuck etc
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She got her foot caught in the wire.
stuck in a rut
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I was stuck in a rut and decided to look for a new job.
stuck in...traffic jam
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We were stuck in a traffic jam for two hours.
stuck out...tongue
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The girl scowled at me, then stuck out her tongue .
stuck together through thick and thin
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Then, families stuck together through thick and thin .
stuck...morass
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They were stuck in a morass of paperwork.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be (caught/locked/stuck) in a time warp
be (stuck) between a rock and a hard place
be stuck in a groove
be stuck with sth/sb
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All four of them were stuck with us!
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Chutra and I were stuck with each other like binary stars.
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He sat thinking how he was stuck with her, how there was no privacy in this house for emergency situations.
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I suppose I was stuck with him, like it or not.
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If an organism has haemoglobin, it is stuck with it.
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If she was stuck with wanting a man whose background and conditioning were alien to her, then that was her problem.
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Now they are stuck with those higher prices.
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Rosenberg was stuck with 400 shirts that cost $ 4 each.
be stuck/held fast
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A character who is held fast can not move or fight, and is treated as prone.
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Balor was struggling and writhing, but his limbs were held fast and only his thick, shapeless body could move.
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Persephone sprang into her arms and was held fast there.
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She tried to pull her hand free, but it was held fast .
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She tried to struggle, but she was held fast .
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I can't open the window - it's stuck .
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Sorry I'm late. I got stuck in traffic.
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The elevator was stuck between two floors.
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They tried to drive through the snow, but the car got stuck .
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This drawer is stuck .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But here I am stuck now and can't go out in case I bump into her.
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Douglas drove very carefully, making sure that Jean didn't get stuck at the traffic lights.
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He would instead become stuck making endless comparisons and contrasts, often making no decision at all or a purely random one.
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I was getting stuck with all their problems.
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Obviously it is worth keeping watch over the pond during these times to ensure that the fish do not become stuck .
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She had got stuck getting out of Belfast, and got lost trying to take a short cut round the traffic jam.
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While some special interests get fat, the average taxpayer gets stuck cleaning up the manure and feeling pretty frail.