How to Use strike in a Sentence

strike

1 of 2 verb
  • The car struck the tree.
  • The bullet struck him in the leg.
  • I could hear the rain striking the rooftop.
  • The cyclist was struck by a car.
  • The ship struck an iceberg.
  • The killer struck him with a blunt object.
  • He fell and his head struck the pavement.
  • The tree was struck by lightning.
  • She struck the cymbals together.
  • She accidentally struck another player in the face.
  • The fire grew rapidly, and second and third alarms were struck.
    — Claire Law, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
  • At age 10, he was struck in the back of the head with a stray bullet that shattered his skull.
    — Liz Szabo, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Not all of the trends will strike you as obvious, like the spike in mushrooms.
    — David Pogue, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • After the first series of shots, a 26-year-old woman ran toward the door of the home and was shot through the door and struck in the thigh.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • One of them struck Tyrone, who wasn't wearing a helmet, and fled the scene, the report said.
    — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Pyle then joined in and struck the victim, police said.
    — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Pulse allegedly fired six times at the driver, and three of the bullets struck him.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The victim had cuts in his face and shoulder, he was also struck in his hand.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • But by then, McCarthy had struck deals with those hard-liners that hemmed him in.
    — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Rodriguez then struck Smith in the head again and, grabbing Smith by his hair, lifted his head and slammed it against the floor, the video shows.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
  • And this past weekend, five Gazans were struck and killed by a package with a parachute that failed to open.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
  • But the massacres, the missile strikes and the fighting of the last week have reverberated around the world.
    — Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The Taurus has a range of more than 300 miles, meaning Ukraine could use it to strike deep into Russia.
    — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The bullet bounced off the home’s front door and a ping-pong table before striking Frankie in the abdomen, the office said.
    — Christina Maxouris, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
  • When Moody fired the guns, the slugs struck the propeller, causing the plane to crash into the waters below.
    — Corey Williams, Detroit Free Press, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The trooper had removed the ladder, went back into his cruiser, and fastened his seatbelt when he was struck.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
  • But there are also striking throughlines.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Police did not say what led to the officer being struck but said the officer discharged his weapon.
    — Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2026
  • This bill strikes the right balance.
    — Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
  • What happens to your brand when the clock strikes midnight?
    — Mina Haque, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2026

strike

2 of 2 noun
  • The workers are on strike.
  • The allies have launched several strikes.
  • Workers threatened to take strike action.
  • The first three went for strikes — two fouls and a whiff.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2023
  • The strike would have been the first in the U.S. against Anheuser-Busch since 1976.
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Already this year is one of the busiest for strikes since 2000.
    — Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The Vista crash was at least the eighth fatal train strike this year.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Feb. 2024
  • But then as the strike ended, Sony pushed the date back three months, out of summer.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Late-night shows ceased once the writers strike began in May.
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The health ministry saying at least 50 people were killed in the strike on the al Fakhoura (ph) school.
    — ABC News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • But how much of the correction was to some degree forced on you guys by the strikes last year?
    — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The writers have been on strike since May, and the actors joined them earlier this month.
    — Adam Beam, Fortune, 27 July 2023
  • The strike also killed Khadija Salman, a 40-year-old woman.
    — Diego Ibarra Sánchez, NPR, 29 Feb. 2024
  • His best throw came on the Colonels’ first touchdown of the season, a 53-yard scoring strike to Rodriguez.
    — Evan Merrill, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2023
  • For actors with movies and awards campaigns to push, the strike settlement was a case of good news, bad news.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The production delays caused by the strikes could have an even greater impact on 2024.
    — Jake Coyle, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2023
  • The podcast was built to fund their employees while the writer’s strike keeps many shows off-air.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Davidson was scheduled to host in May before the strike commenced.
    — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The strike happened right after a series of kind passes.
    — Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2023
  • And so there will be an announcement at some point in the future when the strike has concluded.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Another white man -- shirtless -- strikes or shoves the Black man.
    — Jeremy Gray | , al, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The militant group is vowing to respond to U.S.-led strikes.
    — Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The last major airline strike came in 2010, when Spirit pilots struck for six days.
    — Ted Reed, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Union members were notified that night via email that the strike had ended.
    — Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • That strike was also the last time, prior to this year, that Hollywood writers and actors walked off the job at the same time.
    — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 1 Sep. 2023
  • This also gives us a greater possibility to react to the impact of the U.S. strike.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Then, the faculty went on strike to demand higher wages.
    — John Eligon Joao Silva, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2024
  • If strikes did destabilize the regime, chaos could ensue in a nation of more than 90 million people.
    — Arkansas Online, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Of his goals, the strike just outside the box away to Inter carried the most threat.
    — Art De Roché, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Nurses sacrificed their own pay and healthcare while on strike to defend patient care for all of New York.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026

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