Sentence examples for race struck from inspiring English sources

Although that was constitutionally legitimate, the one-sided result of the photo-finish race struck many as out of whack.

A sailboat participating in a race struck a buoy outside Redwood City off the San Francisco Peninsula on Wednesday evening, killing one person and injuring another, authorities said.

But Rai's conversations about race struck Du Bois, who, up until that point, had not devoted much more than a passing interest in anti-colonial struggles abroad.

WASHINGTON -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), in his second public appearance following his exit from the presidential race, struck a somewhat surprising populist tone Thursday, railing against the housing bubble burst and subsequent financial meltdown.

Still, that Gaffney could somehow become a player in a national race strikes him, as it does others here, as surprising.

Yet Mr. Liu's business-as-usual demeanor — and his occasional suggestions that he still has an eye on the mayor's race — strikes some people in politics as puzzling, given the gravity of the situation he is facing.

The exchanges over the last few days in the New York Senate race strike us as more questionable than those in the presidential contest.

The "master race" strikes again.

Last year, a woman watching the race was struck and killed by a vehicle.

The parimutuel clerks and other employees of Bowie Race Course struck over a new contract.

After the race, lightning struck in the parking lot behind the grandstand, killing one person and injuring nine.