How to Use strike back in a Sentence

strike back

phrasal verb

• One is that the court should strike back hard against the government.
  — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 25 July 2023
• When one of their party is shot, Franck’s friends strike back.
  — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 June 2024
• Just call it the Empire State strikes back, with a bold counter punch to Abbott.
  — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2024
• Instead, white people across the South struck back with a vengeance.
  — Scott W. Stern, The New Republic, 26 June 2023
• The United States must strike back at those who attacked us.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 31 Jan. 2024
• Sadier is now striking back out on her own for a new album and tour.
  — Pitchfork, 8 Jan. 2024
• For a sit-in at a lunch counter, they were told, sit up straight, be courteous and don’t strike back.
  — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 10 June 2024
• The adult industry is also striking back: this July, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case out of Texas on the issue.
  — Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 9 Sep. 2024
• Morning Glory: Israel strikes back and the world should be thankful.
  — Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
• The vampires strike back for a fifth season of this satirical series.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
• Barcelona did strike back just before the half-hour mark when Lamine Yamal scored a near carbon-copy of Akliouche’s goal at the other end.
  — Jamie Barton, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
• The United States should, instead, have cut to the chase and immediately struck back.
  — Noam Raydan, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2024
• Kyiv struck back, destroying over a dozen of Russia's ships over the following months.
  — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2024
• The United States, Britain and their allies have been striking back against Houthi positions.
  — Peter Eavis, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
• Hezbollah felt compelled to strike back, and maintain a sense of deterrence.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024
• Communication failed, Dmytro said, and the pair could not contact their mortar team to strike back.
  — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
• Israel struck back the next day with deadly airstrikes on a Yemeni port – the first such strike on Yemen, according to Israeli officials.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 15 Sep. 2024
• Ukraine’s imperative was to strike back before the Russians had time to regroup.
  — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
• In theory, China could use its forces in the region to strike back at the Houthis or to escort commercial vessels into and out of the Red Sea.
  — Aaron Glasserman, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2024
• And much of this content hails the shooters as these heroes or anti-heroes who are striking back against bullies.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
• Greer's case will be revisited by the lower court, giving Greer a second chance to strike back at Kiwi Farms.
  — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 18 Oct. 2023
• In an office, and other real-world settings, focusing on the clash makes many people shut down or strike back.
  — Julia Dhar, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
• The result, however, was a stake through the heart of global trade: European countries struck back with their own tariffs.
  — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
• The union’s members voted 99% in favor of a strike back in May, and pilots are ready to strike upon release from the National Mediation Board.
  — Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2023
• Israel struck back with airstrikes, including one that flattened a 14-story tower that held Hamas offices.
  — Times Photography Wire Services, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
• In response to the growing Nizari threat, Sunni authorities struck back with their own ruthless methods.
  — Nicholas Liu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
• Then, amid howls of outrage among the Pakistani public and political class, Pakistan struck back Thursday.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
• Iran has struck back against Israel in the past by targeting Israeli citizens in foreign countries.
  — Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 27 Feb. 2023
• Any government would have struck back, and Hamas maximized the suffering of civilians by using them as human shields.
  — Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
• The union voted to authorize a strike back in May if new contract negotiations stalled during the summer.
  — Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024