be striking

Example Sentences

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The company appears to be striking “an appropriate balance” between maintaining what appears to be conservative guidance and highlighting potential high-return organic growth opportunities, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The speed and uniformity of the response would be striking under any circumstances.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026

But upright arrangements needn’t be grandiose to be striking.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024

Members of the NEU union at the school will not be striking but the union has sent a letter of support to the NASUWT.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2023

I made a mistake about the direction from which sunshine would be striking the earth.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins