How to Use strike back in a Sentence

strike back

verb
  • Toronto struck back in the top of the fourth.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • This week, though, the bubblers struck back.
    — Jim Root, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Then the Nuggets struck back, scoring the last eight of the half.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
  • In 2020, Trump struck back in late-night tweets.
    — David Blumenthal, STAT, 24 Mar. 2026
  • When Israel struck back, Iran fired again.
    — Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • Louisville struck back with four runs in the bottom of the fourth to knot the score at 5-all.
    — Staff Report, Twin Cities, 30 May 2026
  • Bukele struck back with a policy of mano dura — an iron fist.
    — T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Iran struck back with more force and greater success than expected.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Part of that is Dostál making big saves to give his skilled teammates a chance to strike back.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Wednesday night, Portland struck back.
    — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Iran's supreme leader said in recent days that the country would strike back if attacked.
    — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The nation’s new commissars struck back in their usual way.
    — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Then regime loyalists quickly struck back.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2026
  • But Indiana struck back in Game 4.
    — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • When one of their party is shot, Franck’s friends strike back, sending an attacker to the ground.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 25 Nov. 2025
  • When one of their party is shot, Franck’s friends strike back, sending an attacker to the ground.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Government forces struck back the following month.
    — ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Trump didn’t hesitate to strike back at the justices who ruled against him in his State of the Union speech.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The Bitter Mai Tai is the cocktail striking back.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2025
  • In the first minute of stoppage time, Morocco strikes back with another goal.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 25 June 2026
  • But the women serving the longest sentences were typically those who had struck back at their abusers.
    — Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
  • His brother Metrodorus struck back with a fiery polemic, Against Timocrates.
    — Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The projectiles failed to reach their target, but the Israeli military struck back fiercely.
    — Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran and Tehran quickly struck back.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Then, Democrats struck back, redrawing California’s map to try to regain five seats.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • After 10 holes, Finch was 2-under par before Shinnecock struck back.
    — Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • When Norm tries to stab her in the shower, Marion strikes back, becoming a killer in a matter of moments.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
  • Scituate struck back in the second.
    — Zach McMahon, Boston Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Analysts on Wall Street have been saying that there’s a new leader in the race, and the empire, so to speak, is striking back.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
  • At the same time, this might be the week when the enterprise software empire strikes back when ServiceNow reports.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026

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