Sentence examples for unexpected strikes from inspiring English sources

If nothing unexpected strikes him and he feels that he can't lay hands on a completely original idea, he is more than likely to abandon the project.

This week's unexpected strikes on the Khorasan group, a cell within al-Qaida's Syria-based affiliate, followed concerns of bombmaking expertise learned from Aqap.

Of course, relatively few members of America's fast-growing millionaire club -- there are now about eight million households with a net worth that large -- can credit their wealth to sudden, unexpected strikes like those produced by quiz shows.

OTTAWA — Thousands of passengers were stranded early Saturday morning after an unexpected strike by transit workers in Toronto.

What about us, we tiny, tiny human beings who are trying to survive?" Mr. Umaru accused the government of mismanaging the Lagos crisis, sending in soldiers after an unexpected strike by the nation's police force.

There have been dark warnings of the danger of a "digital Pearl Harbour"—an unexpected strike in which digital attackers shut down America's electrical grid or air-traffic control systems, or hack into nuclear-power stations and cause them to overheat.

The tax is intended to raise more than £1bn over the next five years by tackling aggressive avoidance, while an unexpected strike against banks will raise another £4bn over the same period by reducing their ability to use losses racked up during the crisis to reduce tax payments now.

It is unpleasant to be told that our planes are few and obsolete, our ground equipment comic by Axis standards, our fleet inadequate for the defence of even a single sea, but this knowledge isn't entirely unexpected; it strikes at the roots of no deep national illusion.

When unexpected hardships strike, as in the case of Little Freddie King's collapsing ceiling, Mr. Duffy provides emergency cash.

Steadily gazing, infinitely serene, alert to the unexpected, I strike only when the look, fit and price are unassailably right.

Outside, an unexpected thunderstorm struck, releasing steam from the hot asphalt and leaving many pedestrians in wet T-shirts and soggy shoes.