Examples of “crick” in a Sentence

noun A sudden, painful stiffness in a muscle, usually in the neck or back, that makes it hard to move for a while.

• She woke up with a crick in her neck from sleeping awkwardly.
• Bending over the desk all day gave him a crick in his back.

verb To twist or strain a part of the body, causing this kind of stiffness.

• He cricked his neck trying to look over the fence.