Sentence examples for sort of strike from inspiring English sources

Even as confirmation of some sort of strike came out in the world press, Syria did not strike back.

"I went through this personally with President Karzai in the last election where there were serious questions about the propriety of the process and we had to sort of strike a compromise about it," he said.

It is also likely that Iranian leaders see the sort of strike being mooted as no more than a rap on Assad's knuckles, rather than a step towards bringing down his government.

Picking up a Stapleton pass just inside Liverpool's half, Robson surged past Lawrenson and unleashed an unstoppable 25-yard drive past Grobbelaar, the sort of strike that would nowadays see the scorer immediately called world-class and probably linked with a move to Barcelona.

All of the indications suggest that the sort of strike that is being planned by the US, Britain and perhaps France will involve weapons launched from long-range - Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles fired from warships or submarines.

Admittedly, this was the sort of strike in which a disproportionate number of people carry iPhones, and at least one had a croque-monsieur on the way to the picket line.

"I've sort of struck gold with my job at the very first hurdle leaving university," she says.

There was something about that which sort of struck a nerve with me.

"On schools, we sort of struck out altogether," she told the Kansas City Star.

I was sort of struck by how you were able to sort of accept that you weren't going to have this intimate relationship with your father.

"You can never know what's in someone's mind, but for me, it sort of struck me that he was enjoying the freedom of getting a good workout," Skerry said of Obama.