8 sentences with 'strike'
Example sentences and phrases with the word strike and other words derived from it.
• « I wanted to strike a balance between optimism and realism, which is difficult to do in front of 20 people gathered around a boardroom table. »
• « X-rays are invisible electromagnetic energy that is produced when high-speed electrons strike a heavy metal. »
• « Apparently, the first labour strike in human memory took place in ancient Egypt, around 1153 BC. »
• « The 100 lightning bolts that strike the Earth every second, that is, eight million a day, represent more energy than all the electrical generators in the United States combined. »
• « He once explained, "You know when lightning is going to strike. The air smells like sulfur, and then your hair stands on end." »
• « The chance of a lightning strike to a wooden house in a neighborhood with a lot of buildings is about one in a hundred. »
• « Within days, demands had grown to end the war altogether and even called for the removal of the tsar himself, and a general strike was called. Comparable demonstrations broke out in the other major cities within a short time. »