strikes Sentence Examples
- The clock strikes midnight, heralding the start of a new day.
- The lightning strikes the ground with a deafening boom.
- The teacher's stern words struck a chord with the students.
- The boxer's punch strikes the opponent's jaw, sending them crashing to the canvas.
- The sight of the accident struck terror into the hearts of witnesses.
- The silence strikes the room, creating an eerie atmosphere.
- The piano notes strike a harmonious melody.
- The inspiration strikes the writer, leading to a surge of creativity.
- The clock's pendulum strikes rhythmically, marking the passage of time.
- The storm strikes the coast with full force, bringing wind and rain.
strikes Meaning
strikes
to appear remarkable or make a strong impression on, to work diligently, to indicate or become indicated by a clock, bell, or chime, disadvantage, handicap, to produce as if by playing an instrument, to deliver a stroke or blow, an act or instance of knocking down all the bowling pins with the first bowl, to fall on, establishment of roots and plant growth, to cause to suffer pain or distress suddenly, a concerted work stoppage, interruption, or slowdown by a body of workers to enforce compliance with demands made on an employer see also rent strike, Labor Management Relations Act compare job action, a strike that is brought against an employer because of a dispute regarding economic benefits or conditions (as wages), to take on, to seize the bait, to thrust oneself forward, to affect a person with (a strong emotion), to drive or remove by or as if by a blow, to produce (something, such as fire) by or as if by striking, to affect with a strong feeling, to make a military attack, to occur to, to remove or delete from a legal document and especially from the record of a trial, to stop work in order to force an employer to comply with demands, to arrive with detrimental effect, a temporary stopping of normal activities in protest against an act or condition, to thrust suddenly, to produce by or as if by a blow or stroke, to come to, to make one's way along, to arrive at by or as if by computation, to lower a flag usually in surrender, to remove or cancel with or as if with a stroke of the pen, to place (a plant cutting) in a medium for growth and rooting, to oviposit on or in, to come into contact forcefully, to affect with a mental or emotional state or a strong emotion, a baseball pitch that passes through the strike zone or that is swung at without being hit fair, to indicate by sounding, to smooth or form (something, such as a mold) with a tool, a strike by workers against their employer with whom they have a dispute, to attack or seize with a sharp blow (as of fangs or claws), a simultaneous strike by all unionized workers of all trades and industries, to produce on a musical instrument by hitting or plucking strings, germinate, to play or produce by hitting or plucking keys or strings, to separate by a sharp blow, to send down or out, to become rich usually suddenly, to pull on a fishing rod in order to set the hook, to strike the tents of (a camp), to make known the time by sounding, to delete something, to take root or cause to take root, to snatch at (a bait), pierce, penetrate, a stopping of work by a body of workers to force an employer to meet demands, to become indicated by a clock, bell, or chime, to make a beginning, to strike at, dart, shoot, a stroke of good luck, a perfectly thrown ball or pass, a tool for smoothing a surface (as of a mold), to cause to ignite by friction, a strike that is called against an employer as a result of a dispute with another union as to the right to perform particular work, to make an impression, to attempt to undermine or harm something as if by a blow, a work stoppage by a body of workers to enforce compliance with demands made on an employer, an air attack on a single objective, a strike by workers against their employer seeking to force the employer to recognize the union as their collective bargaining agent, to engage in a strike against (an employer), a strike by workers that is not authorized by the union, to become ignited, to remove or delete something, to remove (a prospective juror) from a venire, to lower, take down, or take apart, to stop work for the purpose of forcing an employer to meet demands, a group of airplanes taking part in such an attack, to hook (a fish) by a sharp pull on the line, to penetrate painfully, to pierce or penetrate or to cause to pierce or penetrate, a discovery of a valuable mineral deposit, the direction of the line of intersection of a horizontal plane with an uptilted geologic stratum, to cause to become by or as if by a sudden blow, a pitched ball that is in the strike zone or is swung at and is not hit fair, delete, cancel, take on, assume, a pull on a fishing rod to strike a fish, to appear to especially as a revelation or as remarkable, the removal of a potential juror from a venire compare challenge, to cause (an arc) to form (as between electrodes of an arc lamp), to cause to penetrate, to afflict suddenly, a temporary stoppage of activities in protest against an act or condition, to engage in battle, to so propagate (a plant), to produce by stamping, to haul down, to make and ratify the terms of, to shake (hands) in confirming an agreement, to come upon, to discover something, to take root, inflict, recognition strike in this entry, a strike during which employees remain in and occupy the employer's premises as a protest and means of forcing compliance with demands, to come into contact or collision with, a strike by workers not involved in a labor dispute in support of other striking employees or unions, to level (something, such as a measure of grain) by scraping off what is above the rim, an act or instance of striking, disadvantage entry 1 sense 2a, handicap, bewitch, sympathy strike in this entry, cutaneous myiasis (as of sheep), to dismantle and take away, to become audible to, to come to mind, a military attack, to aim and usually deliver a blow, stroke, or thrust (as with the hand, a weapon, or a tool), to attack or seize especially with fangs or claws, to bring into forceful contact, to make a military attack on, a pull on a line by a fish in striking, the knocking down of all the pins with the first ball in bowling, to engage in (a battle), to take a course
Synonyms & Antonyms of strikes
FAQs About the word strikes
to appear remarkable or make a strong impression on, to work diligently, to indicate or become indicated by a clock, bell, or chime, disadvantage, handicap, to
walks,walks out,sits in
wearies,bores, tires, palls,jades,underwhelms
The clock strikes midnight, heralding the start of a new day.
The lightning strikes the ground with a deafening boom.
The teacher's stern words struck a chord with the students.
The boxer's punch strikes the opponent's jaw, sending them crashing to the canvas.
