Striking is an English word with synonyms like spectacular or happening. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Striking in a sentence
Related words
Striking meaning
- Making a strong impression.
- On strike, taking part in industrial action.
Synonyms of Striking
Using Striking
- The main meaning on this page is: Making a strong impression. | On strike, taking part in industrial action.
- Useful related words include: spectacular, hit, natural event, occurrent.
- In the example corpus, striking often appears in combinations such as: striking out, striking the, and striking.
Example sentences (20)
The beach itself is surrounded by striking rugged limestone cliffs but what will really catch your eye is the striking lighthouse just off the coast.
After hearing that the NEU union members were striking, management went round asking the school workers if they were striking or part of the union.
Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – Burbank) reintroduced his striking work bill today, which seeks to provide unemployment insurance benefits for striking workers.
As officers exited their vehicles, Fischi allegedly accelerated in reverse striking the state police cruiser, and then drove forward striking the city cruiser.
Azevedo began her weekend Friday in relief for Ta’amilo, pitching two innings and striking out three On Saturday, she did well for the Bruins throwing a complete game, allowing six hits, two earned runs and striking out five to pick up the victory.
The man, the report said, got irate and berated the guard before striking him in the chest and then throwing a package of cheese at him, striking the guard in the face.
In some areas of the country, violence erupted between strikers and mine operators or between striking and non-striking miners.
Just as an ocean wave striking a lighthouse produces secondary circular waves emanating from the lighthouse, so an X-ray striking an electron produces secondary spherical waves emanating from the electron.
Reagan cited Coolidge's tough handling of striking Boston police when he fired striking air traffic controllers in 1981.
The hi-hats can be sounded by striking the cymbals with one or two sticks or just by opening and closing the cymbals with the footpedal, without striking the cymbals.
The striking miners were inspired by similar strikes along Poland's Baltic coast in December 1970, and just as in Poland in 1970, the striking Romanian miners demanded face-to-face negotiations with their nation's leader.
Under UWW the Pankration competitions have two styles : Pankration Traditional (without striking on the head) Pankration Elite (with striking on the head) There are also pro tournaments and federations like MFC modern fighting pankration.
A 36-year-old man is in critical condition after gunfire came through a front window in the predawn hours Saturday, striking him to the buttocks, Chicago poilce said.
Adéle, when you make a movie that looks this beautiful on screen, can you tell while in it that it will look so striking?
After an action-packed but goalless first half, Toney broke the deadlock in the 65th minute, striking a cross from Bryan Mbeumo straight between the legs of Villa's substitute keeper Robin Olsen to bag his 20th goal in all competitions this season.
After Rutherford tried to break up the fight between Berry and the other woman, Ford grabbed Rutherford by her hair from behind before striking her in the head several times and pulling her to the ground.
A grey Acura passenger vehicle entered the work zone travelling between temporarily placed jersey walls, striking multiple construction workers before overturning, according to a preliminary investigation.
All in contrast to the current happenings in France, where millions of people across the wider workforce have been striking and demonstrating because of the govt's attempt to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.
A lot of us are dreaming of striking it rich as Mega Millions’ jackpot tops $1.1 billion tonight.
Al-Sabiq is a very striking horse with a white coat and a contrasting black mane, which really brings an appearance of class and quality to Basim, as well as complimenting many of the game's available Outfits and Costumes.
Common combinations with striking
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- striking out 31×
- striking the 13×
- and striking 13×
- the striking 12×
- for striking 10×
- of striking 10×
- are striking 10×
- striking workers 9×
- by striking 7×
- striking and 7×