How to Use first strike in a Sentence

first strike

noun

• Thousands of workers at Disneyland voted Monday to ratify a deal that averted what could have been the first strike at the Anaheim theme park in 40 years.
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024
• It’s the union’s first strike in the district since 1975.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2022
• Here is a primer on what to know about the union’s first strike in 15 years.
  — Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
• It’s the first strike for miners in the area since the early 80s.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 8 June 2021
• Instead of a first-play bomb, the hosts used four plays to march 75 yards for the first strike.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 11 Oct. 2020
• The strike on Zawahri marked the first strike in that campaign.
  — Missy Ryan, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2022
• Semien said of Leclerc’s first strike on a 97-mph fastball.
  — Lary Bump, The Mercury News, 7 June 2019
• Paul Shaffer was first struck by the Cincinnati sound at the movies in 1964.
  — Chris Varias, Cincinnati.com, 3 Mar. 2020
• The first strike wrecked most of the six buildings on the block, including Baroud’s.
  — Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
• His first strike in the tenth frame broke his personal three-game record of 813.
  — Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2022
• For pet owners who flouted the ban the first strike would be a warning.
  — New York Times, 19 Nov. 2020
• Keys is the power player, happy to take the risk in making the first strike.
  — Sandra Harwitt, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2017
• That might very well be a better option than the kind of first strike that Dan talked about.
  — WSJ, 10 July 2017
• Malkiyeh was far away from where Turkish troops had first struck.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2019
• The first strike in the video game industry was called by voice actors.
  — Sarah Jaffe, Wired, 26 Jan. 2021
• The first strike on Tuesday also hit a gas pipeline and a school.
  — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
• The workers walked off the job last month in what the Teamsters say is the first strike by Amazon drivers in the US.
  — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
• The record noted that the dog yelped in pain but made no further noise after the first strike of the bottle.
  — Vivian Barrett, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2024
• One of the victims was a utility worker killed in the first strike.
  — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 31 July 2023
• In other words, Avangard won’t come out of nowhere to pave the way for a Russian first strike.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 30 Dec. 2019
• The first strike came five minutes into the second half.
  — Glynn A. Hill, Houston Chronicle, 29 June 2019
• Poseidon is not a first strike weapon that will destroy U.S. cities out of the blue.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2023
• The strike started last Wednesday, and is the first strike of IBU’s ferry workers since 1977.
  — Annie Zak, Anchorage Daily News, 29 July 2019
• Then in the deciding game, after struggling all day, Viles threw her first strike of the day.
  — Buddy Collings, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Nov. 2020
• The concept of a strike, the first strike ever in the history of the Chicago Park District, is not a good idea for us.
  — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2019
• In the video, after the first strike, the child starts to cry and tries to move away from the adults, but the adult yells at the child to get back in position and hits her twice more.
  — Susannah Cullinane, CNN, 9 May 2021
• Key assets, in the form of the bombers, will be moved out of range of a possible first strike by adversaries.
  — Brad Lendon, CNN, 24 Apr. 2020
• When his delusions first struck in early 2017, Hambrick didn't know what to do.
  — Amy Yurkanin, AL.com, 9 Feb. 2018
• The overall message to writers, who are now 51 days into their first strike in 15 years?
  — Xennia Hamilton, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2023
• Without a new contract, the workers who build its planes in Washington state are set to start the first strike at the company in 16 years.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 1 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024