stuck fast

But my tongue stuck fast; I did not know how to begin.

We moved the trunk a little, then it stuck fast.

The atmosphere was close, and, at last, to end the matter, I stuck fast.

Now they were stuck fast, caught by their own desperation.

I tried to kick out but my right foot was stuck fast.

She was stuck fast, but she's almost out now, and I'm scratched to death.

The others went on, not knowing they had lost Martinez, who seemed stuck fast in the open door.

I wanted to ask, but the words stuck fast.

It seemed to be stuck fast at the wrist and elbow.

He pulled on his dagger, but it was stuck fast in the lead.

She tugged at the sword, but it was stuck fast.

It did not fall but stuck fast in the glue of its own guts.

If the tube became any narrower, he would be stuck fast.

Stuck fast to one side was the rotting body of a large beetle.

He named several different sorts of grain, all but the right one, and the door still stuck fast.

They, too, stuck fast to the translucent cord that held him.

Unfortunately, these had recently been painted, and they were now stuck fast to the deck.

The next moment, despite all their frantic paddling, they were stuck fast.

The door to the tavern was heavy wood and apparently stuck fast.

Her sister, coming to help her, is stuck fast too.

The debris shifted as he pulled on it, and his leg stuck fast.

The dereliction stuck fast in Hugh's mind, until he made sense of it later.

But it was stuck fast enough, that much was apparent.

She might disappear, stuck fast to the insect dealer's back, and never return.

When it tried to pull free, though, it stuck fast.