How to Use strife in a Sentence

strife

noun
  • The times of glory give me hope, the times of strife teach me to cope.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 12 Oct. 2022
  • And their service hardly meant the end of racial strife at home.
    — David Scharfenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2018
  • But partisan strife has a long reach.
    — Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
  • The strife and self-doubt of middle age — that went into the book.
    — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2021
  • All of the women in this show have seen so much strife, but this baby was born in hell.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
  • In the strife of Truth with Falsehood for the good or evil side.
    — Martin Luther King, CNN, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Cory, still in high school and living at home, bears the brunt of the father-son strife.
    — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2022
  • In a year filled with strife, Brown set out to offer some relief.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2021
  • But maybe the strife will serve to further your personal plot!
    — Jennifer Culp, Them, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The strife among teachers and staff members was a tipping point.
    — Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020
  • The point was to disturb the peace, to cause commotion and strife.
    — John Patrick Leary, The New Republic, 10 June 2020
  • If there has been no sign of strife in the house, this can be even more confusing to your son.
    — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 13 July 2022
  • This did not, at the time, look like a recipe for geopolitical strife.
    — The Economist, 5 Aug. 2020
  • That's not to say there's any internal strife between the two.
    — Briar Napier, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Meanwhile, the rise in crime has caused strife between city and state leaders.
    — NBC News, 10 Oct. 2021
  • Somalia was not always a place of strife.
    — Immigration Lawyer, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
  • And in the face of such strife, defense is your best offense, says Watkins.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2018
  • As civil strife grows around the world, clashes are on the rise in the workplace too.
    — Harvard Business Review, 12 June 2025
  • The two women, both of whom depend on canes to walk, have weathered war, strife and loss.
    — Sydney Page, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Nov. 2021
  • The news caused a major strife in their relationship at the time.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Woven through the city are vestiges of that trauma and strife from years past and from days and weeks present.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The discussion comes against a backdrop of strife between the fire union and the city.
    — Mike Morris, Houston Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Lawrence added overlooking war and strife in a far-off land risked the same happening at home.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Indeed, even if it wasn't packed with strife and evil the way Pandora's was.
    — Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Of the many rounds of strife, none matched the viciousness of the fight against IS.
    — The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
  • All the struggle and strife that seems to carry the day for most people will wash away like dust in a summer rain.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 9 June 2019
  • This is hardly the first time the classroom has become the center of civil strife.
    — New York Times, 20 Aug. 2021
  • The teaser clip above offers hints at some of the strife that’s apparently on the way.
    — oregonlive, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The Seattle port has been closed in recent days because of the labor strife.
    — Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
  • The idea to create the panel has caused strife within the White House.
    — Scott Waldman, Science | AAAS, 9 July 2019

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