How To Use Strike In A Sentence

Both throw a lot of strikes and both make hitters swing the bat early in the count.
‘In big companies, there can be a lot of layers that inhibit the creative process,’ she says, explaining her decision to strike out on her own.
The striker was criticised by fans after voicing concerns about the club 's financial plight. The Sun
The strike had been planned as a 24-hour walkout but has been extended three times. Times, Sunday Times
When the toughest of the problems strike me, I just remind myself that God is on my side. RVM

Management has not succeeded in breaking the strike.
Our striker got into a good position to shoot , but then missed his kick.
Missed departure Strike, riot or civil commotion in respect of which a warning has been given prior to the date this insurance is purchased.
He stopped the seamen and dock workers joining the strike, but he did not take too hard a line.
In an attempt to break the strike, management used megaphones to instruct the afternoon shift, who were gathered in a car park, to return to work or face immediate dismissal.
He always strikes such a dignified pose before his girlfriend.
The trigger for the strike was the closure of yet another factory.
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And yet while teachers' strikes may have been popular with chatterers and some politicians, the iridescence has caused untold suffering among pupils whose school calendar has been dislocated.
And why do strikers invariably miss a "hatful" of chances? Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
He is on hunger strike in protest at what he claims is his wrongful conviction for murder.
It was purfled about the rim of the soundbox with trapezia of shimmering mother-of-pearl, and it had a black strikeplate in the shape of a clematis flower, inlaid with multicoloured blossoms that were purely the result of an exuberant craftsman's imagination. Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Many of the Bushisms strike me as unfair and inapt, which is why I comment onthem. The Volokh Conspiracy » Yesterday’s Bushism of the Day:
The present wave of strikes stems from discontent among the lower-paid.
Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
Bush and his war cabinet, including Rumsfeld, Cheney and Powell, hastily convened at the White House to consider an airstrike to "decapitate" the Iraqi leadership. 'I HAVEN'T SUFFERED DOUBT'
The result of the strike ballot will be known tomorrow morning.
About 230 food staff and orderlies at four Auckland hospitals held a 48-hour strike on July 18.
The strike call, however, was reportedly not widely observed.
So, strike up a self-talk and admit the truth by saying to yourself: Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Excerpt: 10 Conversations You Need to Have With Yourself: A Powerful Plan for Spiritual Growth and Self-Improvement
And if that doesn't make you happy, there's always Sabrina's story of organizing young women dancers to go on strike against an MTV sexploitation video.
JFK is forced to handle political dealings, serial killing gangs and defend the isolated building from a nuclear strike.
On October 11, some 60,000 unionized grocery workers at 852 stores in southern California went on strike or were locked out of their jobs.
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If you strike it rich, you'll probably "reinvest" your profits in another turn of the wheel. Investing, After The Bubble Making It Back
The one quote that strikes me as quite unsound is the one at the very end, though of course it's always impossible to tell if some relevant context might have been inadvertently cut in the editing.
Certainly there have been powerful nonviolent movements in which strikes, work stoppages, non-cooperation, and massive civil disobedience have been effective without any religious or moral reference.
This latest dispute greatly increases the likelihood of a strike.
As expected the bill will introduce a 50 per cent turnout threshold for strike ballots. Times, Sunday Times
He hoped to strike the camp simultaneously from the north and south, but had not counted on the maze of bluffs and ravines he would have to contend with to get there.
Look at a stone cutter hitting at the rock. Nothing happens at first, but after many strikes, the rocks eventually cracks. In life, don't doubt. Keep at it and it will happen. RVM
Mark the point where the cannon ball strikes the ground and roll the Artillery dice to establish the bounce distance.
He blocked errant pitches in the dirt, expertly framed borderline tosses, turning them into strikes and worked masterfully with pitchers.
The transport industry has been thrown into chaos by the strike.
By comparison, the current hunger strike - in which 12 of the 13 were being force-fed as of Friday - seems almost symbolic.
According to the report, the massacre occurred after the guerrillas had tried to force the workers to stage a strike against the company.
The Labour council broke off negotiations after the strikes last week, claiming that there had been violence at the depot where the strikebreaking dustcarts operate.
Any words that strike you as important or meaningful, words that you feel are stressed, biased, repeated or isolated.
It threatens to unravel a deal over the long-running pay dispute which led to an all-out strike.
Frustration, anger and desperation have led to a series of wildcat strikes.
Again, it seems pedantic to quibble about the differences between strikers and attacking midfielders. Times, Sunday Times
In forming an adjective, -esque strikes me as a more elegant suffix than -ish, as in enronish or the less critical enronlike. The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
Last year he dispatched troops into Swat and South Waziristan to oust the Taliban from their mountain lair; more recently, he helped the US increase drone strikes. Mumbai spy says he worked for terrorists ? then briefed Pakistan
The strikers may have won the battle, but they lost the war.
Carey's strike gave his Parkhead pals hope of a title lifeline b e f o r e Gers hit back. The Daily Record - Home
Not surprisingly, the strikers were preoccupied with regaining their jobs and keeping their system of seniority.
The result of the strike ballot will be known tomorrow morning.
Dan, a mechanic for 16 years at Northwest, commented on the decline in safety conditions at the airline, before and during the strike.
A man overlooks destruction caused by an Israeli airstrike in the Rafah refugee camp in Gaza.
The union resolved to strike by 36 votes to 15.
A commission was scheduled to be appointed within 10 days of the end of the strike to investigate possible unwarranted dismissals since March 1.
When a photon strikes the PV cell it ionises a silicon atom, transferring all its energy to an outer electron and allowing that electron to break free from the silicon atom.
Miliband decided to risk serious barracking by telling the TUC he could not support the strikes, even though industrial action was sometimes a necessary last resort. Ed Miliband endures rough ride at TUC after criticism of pension strike action
Australian striker Mark Viduka is hoping for a recall to an attack which has totalled just four goals in the last six matches.
Ian Rush believes a willingness to defend from the front has helped Fernando Torres become the top striker in English football.
The country has been plagued by political scandals and infighting in government, and strikes and demonstrations are now the norm.
But he has also sought to strike a conciliatory note, gaining the respect of many. Times, Sunday Times
In this season of strikes — mostly against proposed pension reform — we've seen the Eiffel Tower closed to visitors and Metro train interiors reminiscent of Hieronymus Bosch paintings. It's Lights, Camera, Strike in France
Well, as the hurricane gathers strength and mulls where to strike next, South Florida is left with a mess to mop up.
The planned general strike represents an important economic challenge to the government.
The lanky striker headed his 12th goal of the season 10 minutes from the end. The Sun
To quell resistance, air strikes and artillery barrages were called in, largely demolishing the town.
The intolerant citizens have called for a nation-wide general strike to bring down the deep-rooted stratocracy in Burma, due to the junta\'s insistence of barring the Lady to participate in the country\'s political reform process. ' Burma Question - sill a matter of regional concern
The days when you could just hoof the ball up to a striker have long since gone; even Wimbledon don't play by these tactics any more.
The threatened strike has been called off.
Record ￡9.5million striker Juan Pablo Angel only arrived after Christmas and has been a massive disappointment.
Such profits are endangered by the strike by about 500 United Auto Worker members who are demanding a contract with higher wages.
The furniture strikes a traditional note which is appropriate to its Edwardian setting.
For the last three months he has been the most in-form English striker in the Premiership.
Being at this restaurant so much, the thing that strikes her about eating is the endlessness of it. Hair
In the last year, three general strikes called to protest against the president, protests in the streets, people killed, and one attempted coup.
For if a person strikes many coins from one mold, they are all exactly alike.
He told of participating in strikes that he and his co-workers had no stomach for.
Despite all the talk of precision bombing and surgical strikes, ‘collateral damage’ is reaching an embarrassing level.
Church and Outram argue instead that solidary behavior and the skill of managers and supervisors in dealing with labor unrest are more reliable indicators of the likelihood of strikes.
Comsic rays are very high energy particles which strike the Earth's atmosphere and produce spectacular showers of billions of electrons, muons, and other particles.
She's adamant that she'll begin an indefinite hunger strike once she reaches jail.
The missile strike was devastating - the target was totally obliterated.
But when the time came to strike out on his own, instead of livestock farming he plumped for growing and selling organic fruit and vegetables. Times, Sunday Times
He was expecting the striker to be passed unfit by doctors before flying back to England. The Sun
Many bridges were blocked by demonstrators, and taxicabs and buses driven by scabs were damaged by strikers.
His role as a judge, as he said, is to call the balls and strikes as he sees them.
In the first minute the Kendal striker blasted a shot just wide.
While I enjoyed the news-less interlude, too many strikes will weary public patience and risk handing viewers and listeners to the opposition.
There is also a swifter motion of a different sort of fire which strikes and dilates the ray of sight until it reaches the eyes, forcing a way through their passages and melting them, and eliciting from them a union of fire and water which we call tears, being itself an opposite fire which comes to them from an opposite direction — the inner fire flashes forth like lightning, and the outer finds a way in and is extinguished in the moisture, and all sorts of colours are generated by the mixture. Timaeus
It's 1968 and a group of female factory workers go on strike over unfair pay. The Sun
Terri was told to strike off the names of every person older than 30.
But, although the striker was in a perfect position to score, a brilliant tackle by Deloumeaux steered the ball off his toe.
But, the sale of twice as many higher-strike calls exposes the investor to losses should shares in the name soar 61.2% over the current price to surpass the upper breakeven point at $20.10 by expiration day in January 2012. Bulls Tune Into TiVO Calls, Bears Tear Into Abercrombie
5000 employees came out on strike in protest at the poor working conditions.
Sublime with both feet, he went from prolific striker to one of the best midfield players in the world. The Sun
This in turn is connected with a third and still more distinctive feature of the class of desires we are considering, viz., the way one's attention is focussed on the possibility for action that strikes one as pleasant.
But it will strike fear into the hearts of unions and town hall chiefs. The Sun
At the same time the election was accompanied by continuous strikes, small and large, protest marches and student demonstrations.
The government is prepared to sit out the strike rather than agree to union demands.
Artillery bombarded rescue workers in the aftermath of the strike, the aid group added. Times, Sunday Times
The result of the ballot showed that nurses were not in favour or a strike.
During a 60 day strike, you would missout on $10,820 of lost wages. KAKE - HomePage - Headlines
Using the net as a persuasion medium has two strikes against it.
Snappers strike viciously when lifted from water or teased and can inflict a serious bite.
The strike duo ran the Shrimpers ragged at times. The Sun
Didn't it strike you as funny that Adam wasn't there?
The hosts could not cope with the diminutive striker on a boggy pitch. The Sun
He claimed that it was her rudeness that provoked him to strike her.
So the cost of the strikes, politically, is denouncement from a Pakistani government that can’t tolerate a public acknowledgment of its complicity. Talking Reckless | ATTACKERMAN
On Feb. 20 thousands of people rallied at the university campus in the support of the hunger strikers.
Luckily, I've anticipated and manage a pre-emptive strike while he's still taking in the last statement.
Postal services could be hit by prolonged strike action over plans to process North Yorkshire's mail in Leeds at weekends.
Lightning conductors protect buildings and tall structures from lightning strikes.
The ball fell to Jimmy Hedges and his strike was again blocked on the line as the whistle went.
The workers are also concerned about the NAC's willingness to employ strike-breakers.
A strike by British Airways ground staff has led to the suspension of flights between London and Manchester.
The performer must make spontaneous decisions about what pose to strike and where to freeze the action.
The game appeared to be going on around him rather than the striker taking an active part in it. The Sun
The Government has been arguing that it is this measure that will be the ultimate safeguard for citizens involved in peaceful protests and industrial strikes.
As it was, he was caught in no-man's land as the Aberdeen striker lobbed the ball over him and into the undefended net.
The high number of strikes resulted in near anarchy.
Talks aimed at averting fresh postal strikes were adjourned last night and resume today. The Sun
It is hard to judge a cliche so far away in time, but ‘racing lambs’ strikes one as a non-description, and with ‘fair their fling’ you wonder if anastrophe is just a trick he kept attempting, like dice. Spring « Unknowing
I like to grow varieties of the Nantes type, which reach deep into the cultivated soil and strike a perfect balance between sweet and carroty, even as they reach maturity. Groundwork: Rooting to the last
The catalyst was the Roman procurator's demand for 100,000 denarii from the Temple treasury, probably to make up a shortfall in revenues caused by a tax strike.
Strikes by journalists on local papers in the north of England have spread from one title to another.
This time the striker didn't need any assistance with his superb 25-yard shot arrowing into the top corner.
It is a cancer of the lymphatic system and can strike anywhere in the body. Times, Sunday Times
The striker was criticised by fans after voicing concerns about the club 's financial plight. The Sun
The fickle nature of hurricanes straying so far north means that there may only be hours of warning before a hurricane strikes. Times, Sunday Times
On the bus strike, Mr Walsh said it was wrong that people should have to work excessive hours to get a living wage, and the hours of a lot of dockers and busmen were really excessive.
The strikes were unofficial and might have been deemed illegal.
The employers have not broken the dockers' strike.
He was killed in a US airstrike last month. Times, Sunday Times
Attacks are defended with blocks, various kicks, punches and strikes, throws, and wrist and arm locks.
I was keen to strike up a conversation with him.
You just don't call a measly step or even two on a legend nicknamed "Air" any more than you call Barry Bonds, reputed to have the best eye at the plate in baseball, out on strikes on a borderline pitch. Starr Gazing: Is The Fix In?
Only last week the airline averted what would have been the first strike by its pilots in its history after a revised pay offer was accepted. Times, Sunday Times
We drew our battle-axes at the same instant, and rushed at each other, but before either had an opportunity to strike, the pipe was thrust between us, compelling us to desist, to disobey which is instant death. The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth
We need a multinational strike force to combat drug trafficking.
He was reluctant to strike such an undignified pose before his girlfriend.
Plumbers and electricians working on construction sites in Queensland will strike for two weeks starting February 26.
After last year's long and bitter strike, few people want further industrial action.
Missed departure Strike, riot or civil commotion in respect of which a warning has been given prior to the date this insurance is purchased.
The union has signalled the workers' intention to strike.
But the opposition striker might blaze it over the bar without your keeper having to dive the wrong way. Times, Sunday Times
I've had outfielders throw strikes to the plate from the outfield wall in time to catch players well off guard.
5000 employees came out on strike in protest at the poor working conditions.
The laser guidance system dramatically increases the likelihood that the missile will strike home.
Management multiplied the camera angles, narrowed the strike zone, sodded the diamonds and the gridirons with AstroTurf, enlarged the jumbotrons, shortened the distance to the outfield fences, strengthened the golf clubs, adjusted the rules and the clocks to allow more time for the beer and truck commercials, bulked up the salaries paid to players bulked up to resemble the designated hitters in World of Warcraft. Lewis Lapham: Field of Dreams: The CIA and Me and Other Adventures in American Sports
The man-mountain striker, who came on in the second half, almost scored with his first kick. The Sun
They staged demonstrations and hunger strikes, but to little avail. Times, Sunday Times
The strike took a heavy toll in lost productivity.
The civil-service strikers may indeed draw attention to their employment conditions, but only at the expense of antagonising the people they are supposed to serve because they are extremely unlikely to change the government's plans.
The strikes have so far hit over 400 council-run nurseries.
Today it probably has more use keeping strikers warm on picket lines. Times, Sunday Times
The idea of the Ruins of Rome strikes more but pleases less, and the title raises greater expectation than the performance gratifies. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II
There is no first-strike plan or intention on the part of the South or the United States. Bernard Rowan: Oh, My Korea
The Bulgaria striker squandered two glorious chances either side of the interval and those misses summed up a miserable season. Times, Sunday Times
Half the workforce are now on strike.
Time trial : should Trident add short - notice capability to the US global - strike mission?
There should be a seven-day cooling-off period between a strike ballot and industrial action.
If any club looses their main goalscorer it's going to affect their results because in-form strikers are hard to replace.
The industrial action saw employees strike at hospitals and rest homes across the country.
The Arsenal striker is battling a muscle injury. The Sun
Don't mistake their reluctance to strike as gutlessness.
Then shalt thou die," said Sapricius; and he bade the doomsman take her to the place of execution and strike off her head. A Child's Book of Saints
Sir, he is rash and very sudden in choler, and haply may strike at you: provoke him, that he may; for even out of that will I cause these of Cyprus to mutiny; whose qualification shall come into no true taste again but by the displanting of Cassio. Othello, the Moore of Venice
I am trying to strike a balance between assertive and fair and stubborn and inflexible.
This strikes me as a matter of some importance. Times, Sunday Times
But McCain "reconfirmed" to Falwell that he would support a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman if a federal court were to strike down state constitutional bans on gay marriage. 03/29/2006
The factory was shut down for two months as a result of the strike.
If I strike a billiard ball with a cue stick, I effect a transfer of [physical] energy.
The first defenders in our team are the strikers and they work very well. Times, Sunday Times
The striker was keen for his fellow French frontman to join him.
It also commended Numsa members for continuing with the strike despite what it called the intransigence and arrogance of employers. ANC Daily News Briefing
Balloting for strike action began last week. The Sun
Too distrustful to delegate his responsibility to his ministers, he was too infirm of will to strike out and follow a consistent course for himself.
We are unjust people (having imaginary arguments strikes me as a bit lacking in proportion, not so mention meagerness of world), and so we are continually confused into failing to give unto each thing its due. Fairness and Justice « Unknowing
A straddle is the use of the same strikes for both the call and the put, but a strangle uses out-of-the-money OTM options, usually equally spaced from the price of the underlying. Real-World Trading: Strangling Profits out of Our Option Trade - Yahoo! Finance
Despite an immediate reprimand from Chamorro, Godoy's statements during the strike reportedly encouraged the formation of right-wing armed groups.
They essentially amounted to a crude pre-emptive strike designed to forestall any leadership challenge and the natural targets were those with whom he has crossed swords in the past.
Applications to strike out for want of prosecution have become the common diet of the courts, but there are two unusual features of the present case.
The flight from that reality strikes me as a more profound pathology than the reality itself.
Strikes by ships and entanglement in some types of fishing gear are the biggest threats to the endangered right whales.
The tribunal has powers to reprimand, fine or strike off. Times, Sunday Times
With the pensions negotiations edging towards farce, ministers fear that if they continue to mishandle the issues, there is a greater risk that they will lose the PR battle and the public could end up supporting the teachers and civil servants if and when they go on strike. The Age of Strife: pay packets and pensions divide coalition Britain
Four local newspaper chapels have now voted for strike ballots.
Last year, a friend of mine showed me an umpire's clicker that would record five balls and four strikes.
Main-Focus Sights", ambidextrous "Maximum Reach Magazine Release" buttons, "Minimal Error Disassembly" takedown lever, a loaded chamber indicator, a striker status indicator, an Ultra Safety Assurance (USA) trigger safety, grip safety, and "Multi-Adjust Rail System Defense Review
But let me tell you-all that when the big strike sure does come, you-all'll do a little surface-scratchin 'and muck-raking, but danged little you-all'll have to show for it. Chapter VII
This was the French striker's first outing in a month and he scored twice in five minutes within seconds of coming on. The Sun
That is all part of the striker's goal celebration. The Sun
The 1827 restrikes are well known because of the rarity of issues for the year, and were most likely surreptitiously made in the late 1850s, some with rusted dies and some overstruck on older quarters (a piece struck on an 1806 quarter is known). Capped Bust Quarter, Large Size, 1815-1828 : Coin Guide
Last week hundreds of workers all across the UK rallied together in demonstrations, sympathy strikes and walkouts. Times, Sunday Times
Employers have exploited the situation to end strikes and press ahead with plans to cut jobs and working conditions.
Record ￡9.5million striker Juan Pablo Angel only arrived after Christmas and has been a massive disappointment.
The U.S. onslaughts on the cities were part of its retaliatory and preemptive strikes on the regime.
Opinion at the grassroots level is sympathetic to the strikers.

How To Use Strike In A Sentence

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