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
“So just being OK with failing and knowing if I strike out at this at-bat, what can I change at the next one?”
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
You can be there for her if she decides to strike out on her own.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
You’d have thought he’d have learned as much from his emergency-tariffs strike out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
But he could not strike out blindly now; death was a different and bigger adversary.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
