strike
verb (used with object)
to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
have stricken
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present perfectof strike.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Combining personal history with investigative reporting, Arsenault pays loving homage to her family’s tight-knit Maine town even as she examines the cancers that have stricken so many residents.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2020
Justice Sotomayor responded that, with one exception, the defense lawyer could not have stricken any potential black jurors because Mr. Evans had already excluded them all.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2019
Hunger and starvation have stricken every part of the earth at one time or another.
From Time Magazine Archive
How and why should disease thus have stricken these in mid-career?
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Arabella Kenealy
A cold blast may have stricken the plants, or the soil may be poor; lack of sufficient water will produce the mischief, or it may arise from the presence of aphis.
From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons
