Sentence examples for striking no from inspiring English sources

He was clearly striking no sparks among them.

It's an elliptical slice of barely-glimpsed life, unfolding at its own pace, striking no compromises with drama or narrative convention.

Thicker around the middle now, he affected his usual cavalier deadpan, striking no heroic poses (unless you count the one that had him working a volume pedal with one leg crooked, like the Captain Morgan pirate).

Aware always of what he called "the desperately thin ice" we walked on, he surveyed the world and our place in it with a pensive realism, striking no heroic postures.

Labor's declining fortunes over the past several decades have given credence to the notion that they are outmoded institutions, and that traditional union tactics like striking no longer work.

The indictment said that on Aug. 30, 2009, the twins, known as the Gotti twins, showed up with a handgun at a confrontation between members of the Goodfellas and a rival gang from the nearby Grant Houses, a public-housing project, and that Hodean Graham fired a shot into the opposing crowd, striking no one.

But their clashes strike no sparks.

Still strikes no trains have been running for 11 days.

"No one was struck, no one was injured and no one was threatened".

But a difficult balance must be struck: no country permits completely free speech.

When the troops go home, democracy will strike no lasting roots in the dust of Mesopotamia.