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How to use ticked in a sentence

26 example sentences · adjective

Ticked means ticked off; annoyed. Example: “The slighting of a handshake by Samuel ticked off Judi to no end.”

More sentences with ticked

  • The slighting of a handshake by Samuel ticked off Judi to no end.From the entry slighting
  • I ticked off Harry today because he announced he was present.From the entry tick off
  • Fred was ticked off by the teacher for playing around in class.From the entry tick off
  • He took the computer apart to see how it ticked.From the entry tick
  • The day ticked on and it was soon time to head back.2020, Richard Georgiou, One Man on a Bike, page 212. From the entry tick on
  • Assuming you have ticked all your safety boxes, financial incentives decide priorities.2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 44. From the entry tick all the boxes
  • He ticked off the facts, switchblading out a finger for each one.2015, Jeffrey Bartsch, Two Across, →ISBN. From the entry switchblade
  • Time ticked slowly by; literally ticked, the computer was now on count down until Saturn.2015, Meg Funk, Fred and the Snarrfles. From the entry Mr. Spock
  • Please do excuse my French; I've been trying vainly for about an hour, and I'm ticked off.2014 May 29, -screamin-, “I would like to watch MAoS Declassified, but I don't live in bloody Eagleland. Hmmph.”, in Reddit, shield…. From the entry Eagleland
  • But the night ticked on and we soon missed Monk's cleaning.2011, Lee Goldberg, Mr. Monk on the Couch. From the entry tick on
  • Remember that all reconciled amounts must be ticked off on the bank statement as reconciled.2000, Applied Accounting for the Microcomputer User, page 76. From the entry unreconcile
  • Every time I see the man, I get ticked off all over again.1999, Lynn Emery, After All, page 69. From the entry Shantae
  • I’m ticked off at my neighbor who does his yard work the day after yard-trash day.1998 September 4, “Ticked Off! Mail snatcher, rude diner, fall merchandise”, in The Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Fla., →ISSN, →OCLC, page…. From the entry yard-trash day
  • The only drama was the predictable one of being ticked off for corpsing.1989, Kenneth Branagh, Beginning, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 94. From the entry corpse
  • Round noon the gas boat’s impudent sputter ticked out across the wide face of the Naas River.1941, Emily Carr, chapter 9, in Klee Wyck. From the entry gas boat
  • Leisurely the long hours ticked into nothingness, yet there was no sound from him.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry agonizingly
  • The minutes ticked by - nine, eight, seven.2026 June 14, Tom English, “Why Haiti v Scotland was antidote to the ills of world football”, in BBC Sport. From the entry nut
  • It ticked on for a few seconds as Nicolette yanked her cupcake-covered T-shirt off and tossed it onto her bathroom floor.2018, Mandy M. Roth, Act of Brotherhood (Paranormal Security®= and Intelligence® (Psi-Ops®) an Immortal Ops® World Novel), Raven Happy…. From the entry cupcake
  • Host Chris Matthews ticked through a list of regions, hoping to jog the Libertarian Party candidate’s memories, but to no avail.2016 September 29, Josh Lederman, Patrick Mairs, “Brain freeze? Gary Johnson can’t name favorite world leader”, in PBS NewsHour…. From the entry weld
  • Time ticked by agonizingly, and he would have traded an entire ringful of dilithium crystals for one good laser solderer.2012, Greg Cox, The Rings of Time, →ISBN. From the entry ringful
  • As a presidential candidate, Sherzai ticked all the boxes.2009 May 6, Aryn Baker, “With a Rival's Withdrawal, Karzai's Path to Re-Election Eased”, in Time. From the entry tick all the boxes
  • I should be royally ticked off at you, you know.2007, Diablo Cody, Juno, spoken by Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera). From the entry cheesed off
  • The boulle clock ticked, with mindless vigilance.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN. From the entry boulle
  • My almost 3 year old gets ticked if he thinks he is leaving with out giving mamma a 'kissie' and 'hugs'.1999 November 9, kaye.m, “Breast-Feeding and Intimacy”, in misc.kids.breastfeeding (Usenet), archived from the original on 04 Dec 2025. From the entry kissie
  • The clocks at either end of the stadium had just ticked past 92 minutes when Branislav Ivanovic made the run that will immortalise him in Chelsea's history.2013 May 15, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian. From the entry immortalise
  • The alarm clock ticked below her head, on the ground, serenading her with its tick, tick, tick, accompanied by some nearby frogs and a lawnful of crickets.1986, Susan Marie, Never Bring Her Roses, page 72. From the entry lawnful

Meaning of ticked

  1. adjective Ticked off; annoyed.
  2. adjective Flecked, multicolored.

Full definition of ticked

Questions about ticked in a sentence

How do you use ticked in a sentence?
Ticked is used as an adjective. For example: “The slighting of a handshake by Samuel ticked off Judi to no end.”
What is a short sentence with ticked?
“The boulle clock ticked, with mindless vigilance.”
What does ticked mean?
Ticked means ticked off; annoyed.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ticked (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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