Example Sentences

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Valuations of sports teams will streak ever higher as more and more institutional money enters the picture.

From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026

On Tuesday, a large planetary alignment involving five planets will streak across the sky.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2023

It is set to peak Thursday night into Friday, when more than 100 shooting stars per hour will streak overhead beneath dark, moonless skies.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2018

"Drawn by their own fuses, such new rockets will streak unerringly to the heart of big factories, attracted by the heat of the furnaces."

From Time Magazine Archive

I will streak and stripe and spot his face till he looks as savage and fierce as Big Foot, the Wyandot giant—scary enough to scare a scare-crow.

From The Red Moccasins A Story by Heady, Morrison