How To Use Streak In A Sentence

In some places it is primeval and wet, where streaky barked eucalyptus strive upwards through dripping mists alive with frog croaks.
But Arthur's do-gooder streak didn't particularly please other Republicans, and he became one of the few Presidents to fail to win his own party's nomination for re-election.
All yellowhammers have striking, rusty-coloured, unstreaked rumps which are most attractive.
Her clothes were streaked with mud.
Unfortunately, we knew the shutout streak would come to an end," Buffalo captain Stu Barnes said. NHL - National Hockey League - Buffalo vs. Ottawa

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In the midst of a losing streak, a contingent of backup players complained about playing time.
Sue has blonde streaks in her hair.
She was already well on her way to becoming an amazon beauty, with long slender legs, perfect, glowing skin and light brown hair with copper streaks cascading over her broad shoulders.
In fact, the mark ties with that of the 1976-77 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, an expansion team that lost the first 26 games of its existence, the longest losing streak in major American professional sports.
Querulousness, arrogance and an erratic streak alienated even his closest supporters, dooming his place in history.
The mental part of the game has made him a streakier player than most, if not all, of his competitors. STLtoday.com Top News Headlines
Fraction by fraction it rose, then a dirt-streaked brown forehead appeared over the broken bricks.
Gwyn continued trudging across the sands as the last rays of light slowly faded to purple streaks across the sky.
Looking at the greyish-green sea streaked with white waves was a good antidote, as indeed the grand and infinite was always.
The breakfast consisted of two fried eggs and two rashers of streaky bacon crisply done.
Blood-streaked sputum and hemoptysis are not unusual in later stages of illness.
Their plumage is a plain, streaky brown. Times, Sunday Times
I blinked in surprise; her dark, sandy-blond hair, rough in texture, was now streaked with green.
The whole hand was a mass of yellow pus, streaked with sanies.
Thinking it was Jude, she leapt up and streaked across the room.
By the way, Domaine Valette is on a real hot streak.
He unfurled the blanket insulation over the concertina wire and scrambled over the fence as a Doberman streaked toward him, snarling. THE KILL CLAUSE
The nephrogram has a streaky and striated appearance reflecting stasis of contrast in the dilated collecting tubules which can be prolonged for days after the IVP.
Like many financial advisers, he has a strong entrepreneurial streak and pursues his ideas with the eye-popping zeal of a convert to a new religion.
This streaker has committed at least two arrestable offences by showing himself in public and running onto the pitch.
Her hair was weird, though - bright purple and green with blonde streaks.
Perspective Woods has more important thoughts than continuing his winning streak. Times, Sunday Times
Stock markets will break their three-year losing streak, but the recovery will be unspectacular, Irish business leaders said.
The skittering streaks and brushy splashes of color - punctuated by incidental drips and blobs - tend to remain discrete, but when they are allowed to run together, the effect is spectacular.
On the ground it was a world of shadows and sunny streaks, kept ever in interfluent motion by such a wind as John Skelton describes: Wilfrid Cumbermede
Transformants were streaked on appropriate omission medium and single colonies were picked for further analysis.
Despite his apparent liberal views, he's really something of a puritan/he has a puritan streak.
There were bruises and her face was streaked with tears.
You need to have a competitive streak when you're working in marketing.
The soil is streaked with red. Times, Sunday Times
He had azure coloured eyes and flaxen hair with indigo streaks.
I don't want to be white, and I have used fake tans before but they came out streaky.
I was a tough kid with a long streak of yellow down my back.
The abdominal aortography could show streak like vessels supplying the tumor in the periphery of vena cava.
Eventually, it creaked to a juddering, shrieking stop and a huge door, rust-pitted, streaked with red and belled outwards with age ground slowly aside.
The lane is streaked with curvilinear snow, in places trodden into blue ice.
Seemingly just in such a flash, the national fountainhead and mysterious maxim of Mongolia dawn era on grassland drew a streak of apocalyptical light across my heart.
The ‘Blue Streak’ was a hinged shoulder holster that allowed one to fire at anyone who grabbed from behind without even removing the gun from the holster.
She wore a pearl necklace to match those on her dress and even her hair, a tower of blonde streaked curls done up in such a fashion that a few loose strands framed her plumpish face perfectly, was adorned with strands of pearls.
His playoff streak is in peril this season.
We turned on the television and eventually saw the streaks of meteoritic shuttle that are now as iconic as the Y plume of the Challenger. -
In order to make the streak image closer to the actual object and to improve the measuring precision, this paper presents a correction algorithm based on image processing.
Her life is almost as golden as her streaked tresses.
Wiping the surface with a damp chamois will not leave streaks.
Surely, for £10 million, we could build the new police station with quality stone features instead of a boring square that will look a dirty, streaky eyesore within three years.
Where the rock contains mineral grains it may be possible to determine the hardness, lustre and streak of the minerals.
Mints. wild bergamot, and yarrow, attract the American Painted Lady, Anise Swallowtail, Gray Hairstreak, Monarch, and Red Admiral.
This door needs another coat of paint - it's looking rather streaky.
Then panic streaks across her face. Times, Sunday Times
He's a nice, ordinary guy with enough of a nerdy streak to explain his social difficulties.
We say The first coat was a bit streaky but after two the unusual rust colour looked great. Times, Sunday Times
His shooting has been described as "streaky," but with a nice 3-point touch. The Charleston Gazette -
If someone is said to have a "yellow streak, " that person is considered a coward.
I was one of those people who liked to play with hair colors, and today my shoulder length brown hair was streaked red to match my outfit.
His hair was a chocolate brown colour with a few blonde streaks through it, spiked up slightly.
It is most beautiful, appearing translucent with a light corn silk color and streaks of black in its grainy looking material.
Jonas Soling tallied his 37th goal for the Lynx and Erasmo Saltarelli took the loss allowing five goals on 24 shots as Augusta had its seven-game unbeaten streak snapped. East Coast Hockey League - Augusta vs. Charlotte
He's crisscrossing down another ski slope to keep his world - record streak alive.
It may also raise the number of random meteors seen from Earth streaking across the sky.
Amélie, shows a mere fringe of dark bristle, which is tree, based upon a broad red-yellow streak, which is land. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1
Of course it is piffle, but not without a streak of crazy intelligence.
Nice to see that it's 13 without defeat in the league - the longest streak I can remember.
The simplest two-instrument cell injection technique for both primitive streak stage and for early somite stage embryos will be described.
Those on a losing streak will jump from casino to casino, letting the chips fall where they may.
Now the front of him was streaked with mud as well.
It would have been a rather prosaic match were it not for the exalted company and the fact that the Swiss was on a one-match losing streak. Times, Sunday Times
Black rubber streaks show the car skidded sideways down the runway before hitting the grass and rolling. Times, Sunday Times
With a small whoosh, one of four 15- millimeter projectiles streaks from the munition pod strapped to his wrist.
Susan and Deborah share an intensely selfish, egotistic streak.
We woke to a calm and crisp morning with a light frost on our sleeping bags, below a beautiful blue sky with wisps of cloud streaking above the lake, which lay as a blue sea below us.
I don't like Kevin — he's got a nasty vindictive streak in him.
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Lying in clouds of scent in the sunken tub filled to the brim, that streak of equanimity she had asserted itself.
The edgy, rebellious streak in his character could only be intensified by his somewhat beleaguered isolation in this respect.
Palestine -- one sort is particularized as _white_ with a dark blue spot and streak -- the water lily, lotos, which I think I meant, is _blue_ altogether. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846
I didn't think juniors still gave out valentines (I stopped giving and receiving seven years ago, that streak being broken last year), but I guess I was wrong.
That streak is one game short of Wayne Gretzky's league record for longest points streak from a debut with a new team, set in 1988 with Los Angeles. USATODAY.com
Holidays in the Australian outback are for those with an adventurous streak.
They are little streaky brown birds, easily recognised when they fly up, since they climb in steps as if they were going up a ladder. Times, Sunday Times
His heart pounding near to bursting, he streaked across the shadowed streets.
A matted clump of gray streaked blond hair sat on his head, looking like it should fall off as he leaned over and stared down at me.
That was the first time I noticed the streaks of gray in his dark hair.
A streak of lightning spiderwebbed across the sky above them, silhouetting Samren's figure against the grey sky that was quickly turning black.
There's a streak of masochism in his personality.
had a streak of bad luck
The purple hairstreak is a glorious but relatively small butterfly strongly associated with oaks. Country diary: Claxton, Norfolk
The stormy petrel soars with a scream, a streak of black lightning, as an arrow pierces the clouds, on wing-tip slicing the wave froth.
There is possibly a masochistic streak here but a lot of it is mental. The Sun
I understand that South Carolina, less than a year removed from a 21-game losing streak, is at the top of the East Division.
Use thin cut smoked streaky bacon as fat as you can get it.
Meteors produce streaks of light as they burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.
You obviously know the rules so let's see if your lucky break becomes a winning streak.
The lifetimes of the excited singlet states S1 of the organic biological macromolecules haematoporphyrin and lactoflavin were measured with streak camera.
When gangsta rap took over in the early '90s, hip-hop's surrealist streak didn't die: it just moved to Britain.
They have lost nine matches in a row, and with a batting line-up so inexperienced, that losing streak could well stretch to 13 by the time this tournament is done.
Tuesday night the Capitals' 12-game unbeaten streak ended with a 3-2 home loss to Chicago.
Radiation temperature in hohlraums is diagnosed by using two soft X-ray spectrometers and a multi-pinhole soft X-ray streak camera.
They streaked down through the lunar shy at a speed of 3,700 miles an hour.
Rides with ominous names like Raptor, Flight of Fear, and Mean Streak push the G force envelope at three gargantuan amusement parks.
You need a masochistic streak and a monastic existence to win medals. Times, Sunday Times
An anarchic streak coexists with respect for decency and civility.
Lily was blessed with her mother's flame coloured locks, and mischievous streak.
It showed a slightly worrying, secret cannibalistic streak. Times, Sunday Times
` ` When you have a little hot streak, it seems like the puck is always coming to you, '' Kopitar said. USATODAY.com
She set the chain snubber and came back to him, pulling off her rust-streaked gloves. CORMORANT
Wow, you're on a winning streak.
The phase conjugation of picosecond optical pulses is observed and recorded directly by using a streak camera. The signals are achieved by holographic phase conjugate technique.
But bad luck befell the team, resulting in a year-long winless streak.
The company has been pushing their new line of running shoes, the most high-profile ad so far being the streaking naked man at the soccer game.
A presence suddenly came to his mind and he looked up at the starlit sky to see a shooting star streak across the sky. Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » The Chozen’s Review Forum
The entering daylight streaks her high-waisted silk gown, as if invaded by sunset, with trails of variegated colours.
How many streaks of lightning in each burst? A Short Guide to Writing About Science
The stars turned to streaking blurs as they were hurled forward, Maia pushing the steering handles as far forward as they would go.
Taken five miles from the ground, white streaks of methane fog float over the surface like a kind of haar, partly covering scattered islands in the sea.
It was not until the streak following the Women's British Open that Ochoa began to be known as the dominator she now is. SportsFan Magazine.com
My father has a streak of heroism in him that I admire, but that verges on foolhardiness.
Rinse off then give a final wipe over with a weak solution of vinegar and water to produce a sparkling surface free of streaks.
Fore wings with eight wedge-shaped luteous streaks, of which three are near the base, two subcostal, two hindward, and one submarginal and transverse. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology
So what. In the bathroom mirror, he saw that his hair had been streaked white too.
Krystal's independent streak bubbled to the surface again.
When a meteor streaks overhead, the system records a brief ping - the echo of a TV signal bouncing off the meteor's trail.
Fifth, there is a streak of melancholia in the English imagination, which can easily slide into a condition of fatalism.
Wheat streak mosaic is the major disease in the southern Panhandle this year.
It has a light breast with scaled patterning, white streaks along brown sides, and black and grey scaling on the nape of the neck.
Nonlinearity of the sweep circuit of streak camera distorts the time and intensity information of the streak image.
At least 20 naked male students streaked past fellow students competing in athletics competition last night.
Sprinkle over some large handfuls of crushed honeycomb, then run the spatula through the mixture again to make more streaks. The Sun
You see, those wide-open spaces streaking past when you're rattling about on the train are ramshackle urban Edens.
It was streaked with tears and his shirt was covered in blood.
Sunlight streaks the water with gold.
The soldiers simply let their weapons fly-several of the bursts and streaks of ammunition hit him when he was in the air, knocking him back.
That makes Rice more of a streaky sixth man than a consistent spark.
There was a flash of light between them, streaking down so fast Jennifer didn't catch any glare until it was over.
Women travellers should also avoid ill-fitting bikinis, armpit hair, white strap marks, streaky tans, cellulite, tattoos, body piercing and getting drunk.
Though a romantic at heart, she had a strong streak of realism.
Their coats were dark with sweat, and streaked with white foam.
The oil price crash could bring this streak to a screeching halt. Times, Sunday Times
When the plants were mature, virally infected streaks were excised for RNA extraction.
To start a new picture, one without the many blemishes of an alcoholic and his children, their minds tainted with a streak of hate.
That innate shallow streak of mine can be a godsend at times.
Northern waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensisA migratory bird, found predominantly in North America, with a throat lightly streaked brown to black. Rare birds flock to British shores in record numbers
Washington is streaky, but he has decent athleticism and the size to play defensive end.
It can be applied using standard brushes, rollers or spray equipment, but to minimize the streaks and get the best color coverage, you'll probably find that foam brushes or spray equipment work best.
Virginia (5-4, 3-2) had its four-game winning streak end, and in heartbreaking fashion, too, after shutting down the ACC's best scoring offense until the very end. USATODAY.com
Spread-betters had a nibble at the FTSE 100 after the index had its longest losing streak in nearly nine years. Times, Sunday Times
I simply sat there, butt on the ground, staring at the bronze, sun-streaked walls, as if it were the most intriguing activity on earth.
But Tony Stewart proved Monday that everybody is a title contender when, days after crossing himself off a list of viable threats to win the championship, he snapped a 32-race winless streak with his victory at Chicago. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
The white underside of this sparrow is streaked with buff and brown across the breast.
Moss attacks vertically, using his speed to streak downfield and his size and leaping ability to snatch passes away from defenders.
An orange and black streak flashed out of the cage, yowling. My Fair Succubi
If you squinted hard enough, they became streaks of red and green fire, a condition known as the preadolescent Doppler effect. The Metrognome and Other Stories
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He celebrated the larrikin streak in the Australian soul, the irreverence, the hedonism and physicality and of course the bloody-minded stoicism, obduracy and deviousness.
WACO (April 20, 2009) -- Residents from Waco to Madison County reported seeing a flaming object streaking through the western Central Texas sky Monday morning, but there is no confirmation yet what the object may have been. KWTX - HomePage - Headlines
I thought I wanted a dark green but then saw a slab of streakily wavering, striated peach and grey and umber that resembled ancient dry riverbeds seen from the air. Bird Cloud
The last streaks of light faded from the sky.
Take random sections from the bottom layer of your hair and apply the colour in streaks or just at the tips. The Sun
The Giants winning streak remained unbroken for an impressive nineteen games.
But the printer kept making streaky things on the paper, so I fruitlessly spent a half hour trying to fix that.
The way the English deal with their current law - and how they enforce closing time by bellowing at poor drinkers - smacks of a mean streak of miserableness.
I am so afraid that the fabric will streak or blotch!
He has always had a rebellious streak .
Females are buff-brown with streaked backs and plain buff underparts.
A streaky shooter, Peeler's defensive lapses and poor shot selection were major concerns last season for a team that could use his potential firepower off the bench.
Some are just plain streaky and unpredictable.
His face was pale and streaked with dirt.
The team broke its five-game losing streak.
Out of the corner of my eye, I watched a bird streak past, riding a thermal up over the building.
Yet behind this relaxed, fun surface, deep within there is a serious streak whirring away. Times, Sunday Times
She had played along as a child to keep both Meredith and her father happy, but as she grew up she had discovered her rebellious streak and the courage to make her own decisions.
Somehow it missed her head, but pain streaked through her left leg and she couldn't move.
Luckily, his razor-sharp intellect streaked into action, as he claimed.
In his mouth is firmly clamped a white, messy bundle, faintly streaked with red.
The dried, hardened remains of the lahar persist today, a streak of barren rock on a landscape that is otherwise richly vegetated.
She had toughened up and developed a more ruthless survivalist streak.
Not to mention that the years spent fighting each other had given them a bit of a competitive streak.
Dell teased us with the Mini 5 aka Streak MID at the CES and now thanks to this teardown from the Vietnamese site, we know few more important details. Tech Ticker
When excited or scared, a white streak appears on the sides, extending backwards from the pectoral fins.
There was a small black dot near the corner of her eye where Leslie had doubtlessly stabbed herself with her mascara wand, and a streak of lip gloss on her glasses.
Julian DibbellTwo weeks ago, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's "taxpayer advocate," Nancy Olson, announced the release of her office's annual report to Congress, a yearly federal ritual whose long and impeccable streak of unnewsworthiness was broken this year by the inclusion ... MMOz
To determine the presence of yeast in cloacae, swabs were streaked onto Sabouraud's dextrose agar and incubated for 14 days.
The males are streaky brown and grey, with a smart cap and bib that the duller females lack. Times, Sunday Times
The sky was streaked yellow and purple.
I'm sort of a blend of MY acolyte, lobbist, defender, and shinguard against verbal ripping, but I think (without looking it up) these eight games are his worst streak ever in the majors. Lone Star Ball
Time resolved soft x-ray (SXR) spectra of copper laser plasmas are measured by involving a SXR streak camera with a SXR transmission grating.
Besides the trees in her orchard, poor widow Brown had in her small garden one apple-tree particularly fine; it was a redstreak, so tempting and so lovely that Giles 'family had watched it with longing eyes, till at last they resolved on a plan for carrying off all this fine fruit in their bags. Stories for the Young Or, Cheap Repository Tracts: Entertaining, Moral, and Religious. Vol. VI.
Only the Iron Virgin seemed to harbor a romantic streak.
The body color for pale brown approaches the gray central, the back has the large-scale dun streak to juxtapose in on, because also around interlocks mutually presents the zigzag appearance.
It would have been a rather prosaic match were it not for the exalted company and the fact that the Swiss was on a one-match losing streak. Times, Sunday Times
This losing streak continued against Trinidad.
Blood-streaked sputum and hemoptysis are not unusual in later stages of illness.
The female is a streaky bird, without the red. Times, Sunday Times
He had a reckless, self-destructive streak.
He had a wicked tongue when roused and could talk a blue streak.
When the rebellious streak appeared in her life it was tolerated, but it was not tolerated in her literary personality.

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