Example Sentences

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Having ended 2018 vulnerable in the title race after a defeat to Rangers in the Old Firm derby, Celtic have streaked clear in the league thanks to six straight wins.

From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2019

In contrast, Japanese sales in the U.S. have streaked upward: $39.9 billion in 1981, a healthy $20.5 billion more in 1984.

From Time Magazine Archive

Others may be more daring and original; they have streaked like comets across the screen and disappeared.

From Time Magazine Archive

A group of protesters have streaked their hair scarlet, imitating the bloodstained lock Day had when he’d stood out here for his sentencing.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

I hear from Mr. Blyth that hybrids from the canary and gold-finch almost always have streaked feathers on their backs; and this streaking must be derived from the original wild canary.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles