strike out
Example Sentences
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His attempts to strike out independently and build his own house fail spectacularly—the first in a storm of lightning and winged ants, the second in a foolhardy scheme to clear the surrounding brush with fire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
You can be there for her if she decides to strike out on her own.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
“He’d strike out 13,” said Jonathan Van Eaton, one of Soriano’s early minor-league pitching coaches, “and then turn around and maybe not make it out of the second.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026
Kim’s home run came after watching Yamamoto walk Teoscar Hernández, induce a groundball from Andy Pages, and strike out newcomer Kyle Tucker looking.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
Just before sunrise I strike out across the field to Mrs. Strawberry’s weatherworn farmhouse.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
