How do you use Strikes in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Strikes meaning
plural of strike
Using Strikes
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of strike
- In the example corpus, strikes often appears in combinations such as: strikes in, air strikes, strikes on.
Context around Strikes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 11 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Strikes
- In this selection, "strikes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, missile, potential, miners, aimed, sunday and thrown stand out and add context to how "strikes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 45 air strikes sunday, about preemptive strikes, air strikes and drone strikes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "strikes" sits close to words such as likes, arizona and iconic, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with strikes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Strikes Update: How Wednesday 15 March's strikes affect youbbc. (10 words)
This weaponry forces fast decisions about retaliatory strikes, which in turn forces swift decisions about preemptive strikes. (17 words)
Strikes have begun in Virginia and Washington, with additional strikes set to begin later in the day on the West Coast. (21 words)
Labour relations experts also warn that if it is implemented, the labour board’s decision may be costly to the union, but it will make “wildcat” strikes by members more likely, not less, since it financially rewards participants in illegal strikes. (41 words)
Diversionary strikes are possible in all sectors and, in one or two, mass strikes aimed at punching a corridor through Ukraine,' Mykola Sunhurovskiy, director of military programmes at Ukraine's Razumkov Centre think tank, told the nv.ua website. (39 words)
As Wu stated, because the DF-26 is supposed to be capable of “both rapid nuclear counter-strikes and conventional medium-and-long range precision strikes” while also being designed to hit maritime targets, there must be several versions. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Act also authorized the President to intervene in strikes or potential strikes that create a national emergency, a reaction to the national coal miners' strikes called by the United Mine Workers of America in the 1940s.
And I think between potential port strikes, even like strikes what we're seeing with the writers, inflation is starting to come down, but usually people find inflation is sticky.
Diversionary strikes are possible in all sectors and, in one or two, mass strikes aimed at punching a corridor through Ukraine,' Mykola Sunhurovskiy, director of military programmes at Ukraine's Razumkov Centre think tank, told the nv.ua website.
Fierce clashes occurred in other eastern cities and towns including Mariinka and Avdiivka in the Donetsk region, according to a Ukrainian General Staff report, which said Russians conducted four missile strikes and 45 air strikes Sunday.
Grasso’s UFC 238 victory over Karolina Kowalkiewicz saw her throw 369 strikes, the third-most strikes thrown in a three-round fight in UFC history.
He was recently the only Tory MP to vote against the Government on the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill at second reading, describing it as a “shameful Bill” that does “nothing to stop strikes”.
Labour relations experts also warn that if it is implemented, the labour board’s decision may be costly to the union, but it will make “wildcat” strikes by members more likely, not less, since it financially rewards participants in illegal strikes.
Strikes have begun in Virginia and Washington, with additional strikes set to begin later in the day on the West Coast.
Strikes Update: How Wednesday 15 March's strikes affect youbbc.
That’s posed sharply after the magnificent nurses’ strikes on Wednesday and Thursday, ambulance strikes in Wales on Thursday, and more set for England next week.
The strikes, the first to hit civilian homes in the Russian capital since the invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, were high in Moscow on Tuesday after a rare series of drone strikes damaged buildings.
Western officials and analysts recently warned that Russia had limited its cruise missile strikes in recent months in an apparent effort to build up stockpiles for massive strikes during the winter, hoping to break the Ukrainians’ spirit.
Hezbollah has denied that Israel’s strikes were “pre-emptive” and played down Israel’s claim that its strikes had caused significant damage.
In order to retaliate against Russia’s own strikes on Ukrainian cities and bases, the Ukrainians have had to improvise—with an array of locally-made drones and surface-to-air missiles tweaked for ground strikes.
Long-range strikes are instrumental in “destroying” Russian forces “exactly in the areas” from where they launch strikes on Ukraine, Zelensky said.
This escalation has brought with it other risks, as was seen in Iran’s first direct strikes against Israel in April following Israeli strikes against a in a diplomatic compound in Damascus.
Wednesday is the fourth day of striking by the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation following a first round of rotating strikes last Thursday and two one-day, provincewide strikes on Jan.
As Wu stated, because the DF-26 is supposed to be capable of “both rapid nuclear counter-strikes and conventional medium-and-long range precision strikes” while also being designed to hit maritime targets, there must be several versions.
This weaponry forces fast decisions about retaliatory strikes, which in turn forces swift decisions about preemptive strikes.
Generally speaking, it’s a good idea to swing at strikes and at balls, but not all strikes are created equally.
Phrases with strikes
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with strikes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- strikes in 20×
- air strikes 16×
- strikes on 16×
- strikes and 12×
- strikes the 10×
- the strikes 10×
- of strikes 8×
- strikes that 7×
- strikes are 7×
- strikes from 7×