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'strike' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'strike' with 20 example sentences.


strike noun

: a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions

: an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective

: a gentle blow

: a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball

: (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders

: a conspicuous success

strike verb

: deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon

: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

: hit against; come into sudden contact with

: make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target

: indicate (a certain time) by striking

: affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely

: stop work in order to press demands

: touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

: attain

: produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments

: cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp

: find unexpectedly

: produce by ignition or a blow

: remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line

: cause to experience suddenly

: drive something violently into a location

: occupy or take on

: disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set

: form by stamping, punching, or printing

: smooth with a strickle

: pierce with force

: hook by a pull on the line

: arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing


  • Strike while the iron is hot.
  • The tree in front of the library was struck by lightning.
  • What would happen if a large asteroid struck the earth?
  • The labor union called for a strike.
  • The strike lasted three days.
  • A general strike might be a solution.
  • Do you remember the earthquake that struck Armenia in 1988?
  • Lightning does sometimes strike the same place twice.
  • Fortunately, common sense prevailed and the strike was called off.
  • The clock has just struck three.
  • He struck a match, but quickly put it out.
  • Meteor strikes are a real threat.
  • What strikes me most about her is her innocence.
  • The island was struck by the typhoon.
  • They promised not to go on strike during the conference.
  • No one can predict where lightning will strike.
  • We're going to win this strike.
  • His answer was to strike me on the head.
  • Thirty years ago, the clock was struck by lightning.
  • The prisoners are threatening to go on a hunger strike.
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