Sentence examples for strikes a few from inspiring English sources

This stylized inarticulacy strikes a few wrong notes, especially when it tweaks clichés ham-handedly.

At the time of the strikes, a few hours before morning prayers, most people were still asleep in their homes.

But the album -- which, like its predecessor, was produced by Medasyn, another Londoner -- merely strikes a few new poses.

Later that day, Tom Coburn, a senator from neighbouring Oklahoma, strikes a few defensive notes at a small rally in Joplin.

This season Mr. Baitz strikes a few of the same notes in "Ten Unknowns," whose plot pivots on the way artistic movements eclipse one another in popularity.

Peter Sis has a ravishing pictorial style -- he is a prominent illustrator, as well as the author of, among others, a wonderful book about Galileo for intermediate readers and two fine books about trucks for their younger siblings -- but his whimsical, well-intentioned multiculturalism strikes a few troubling notes.

Disaster struck a few months later.

As I watched, he picked up a sledgehammer and struck a few blows himself.

Mr. Paterson forestalled a strike a few years back by forcing management and labor to talk.

Striking a few new deals along these lines would not be easy today.

An Israeli strike a few months before the U.S. election in November would stymie Obama.