How to Use hit/strike home in a Sentence

hit/strike home

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Definition of hit/strike homenext
  • The way that Scott, Foy and Bell play these sequences hit home, in every sense of the phrase.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2023
  • When did the need for a lunar doomsday vault hit home for you?
    — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 31 July 2024
  • What the 49ers need to do: Defense has to hit home with that high-dollar front four.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • This hit home last Christmas when my son asked for rollerblades.
    — Curt Steinhorst, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
  • But no story has hit home for Barber-Just, 49, like this one.
    — Brooke Hauser, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2023
  • That’s a lesson the Decatur 101 program in Georgia tries to hit home.
    — Sara Lang, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2023
  • Andy Pages hit home runs in the fourth (a solo shot) and fifth (a three-run blast) to keep the Dodgers within striking distance.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
  • The uncertainty hit home for them last month when Jay Park lost her job.
    — Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
  • This week, Murray did something that truly hit home for him.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2023
  • More help leaving a house to your kids Dear Liz: The question from the couple who wanted to leave a home to their four children hit home with me.
    — Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
  • The Other Sister was a film that really hit home for Meagan Good.
    — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2023
  • For countries collectively born from the rubble of the former Soviet Union, the war in Ukraine has hit home in more ways than one.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 16 Feb. 2023
  • For one of the rescuers, identified only as Yasemin, Adnan’s survival hit home hard.
    — Justin Spike, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Feb. 2023
  • This hit home, against your team, in your backyard, eerily close to where Tua Tagovailoa had been knocked out earlier in the season. Enough.
    — The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Less than five months later, the coronavirus pandemic hit home, causing schools to shut down.
    — David Tarrant, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2020
  • At a recent game, the opposing team walked Bell intentionally and the next two batters hit home runs.
    — Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Through the foundation, Tokischa plans to support different causes that hit home.
    — Zameena Mejia, refinery29.com, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The intensity of the battle has hit home for Sister Monica Clare.
    — Sapna Maheshwari, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
  • With Goldberg and his home videos no longer at the helm of the series, the show has struggled to find creative stories that hit home in the same fashion as the heartfelt ones based on its creator’s adolescence.
    — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The message, often muddled or rehashed, has hit home for many, with fans mobbing Bardella for selfies at his campaign stops.
    — TIME, 15 May 2024
  • Advertisement —Betts has found his mojo again and has finally decided to hit home runs far enough so no one can catch it.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
  • There’s a range of experiences, but clearly, the decisions these women made have hit home for a lot of viewers of The Golden Bachelor.
    — Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The personal stories and feedback from residents hit home for Mellen who grew to enjoy working in the public sector.
    — Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Her remarks hit home with the crowd, which included such dignitaries as Royce Williams of Escondido.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2023
  • Plus, Sara’s story, her struggle with the pure isolation that comes with her mental health issues, hit home for anyone who’s struggled with a similar problem.
    — Travis Bean, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • While those viral reactivations can be sparked by many things, one notable factor will likely strike home for parents: stress.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2024
  • And that really hit home, the importance of community in creating all things that matter.
    — Diya Chacko, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Given your first husband’s death from colon cancer and your activism on behalf of the disease, Brian and Sandra’s commitment to their cause — and each other — must have really hit home.
    — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024
  • The pamphlet eventually consisted of 148 replies, but at least twenty-five were left out for space, which implies that a great proportion of Nancy’s dispatches hit home.
    — Sarah Watling, Time, 13 July 2023
  • Washington's historic run to the college football national championship game has hit home big in Arizona.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024

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