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
-
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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
The sight of the Emir’s guard seemed to have stricken the town like a palsy.
From The River of Darkness, or, Under Africa by William Murray Graydon
Something in my face must have stricken him.
From The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
