strike a match
Example Sentences
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“It’s easier to just strike a match and light it on fire.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2022
"If you tried to strike a match in here, nothing would happen due to the lack of oxygen," Mr Bruce says.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2022
Now, Bowden will try to strike a match against a pillar, and it’s enough of a collision that, in the run-up, it overshadows the gathering promise of a North Carolinian, Virginia Tech quarterback Hendon Hooker.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2019
It pushes back when you try to move through it, squeezes sweat from pores you didn’t know you had and leaves your mouth so dry you could strike a match on your tongue.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2016
She understood and moved back a step, crowding him slightly as he tried to strike a match.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
