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
  • Trea Turner hit home runs in the third and fifth innings.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 6 June 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
  • And trying to hit home runs usually leads to lots of fly-ball outs.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 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
  • The uncertainty hit home for them last month when Jay Park lost her job.
    — Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
  • There are pitching machines set up in left field where fans can hit home runs over the fence and into the bleachers.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2024
  • Grichuck was one of three Angels who hit home runs off Braves starter Charlie Morton.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
  • This week, Murray did something that truly hit home for him.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2023
  • Kiper said Carter is worth a roll of the dice at six for a general manager who's hit home runs in both his at-bats at the draft so far.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 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
  • One of those seniors is Nia Sisneros, who has now hit home runs in three consecutive matchups.
    — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 24 May 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
  • Ohtani, 29, who has been likened to the legendary Babe Ruth for his ability to hit home runs and pitch at elite levels, has also helped lift sponsors’ share prices in the past.
    — Aya Wagatsuma, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
  • In the second game, Ohtani hit home runs in the second and fourth innings — giving him a league-leading 38 homers on the season — to help the Angels take a 7-2 lead through four innings.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
  • Santana’s home run marked the second time this season that he’s hit home runs in three consecutive games.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 12 May 2024
  • For one of the rescuers, identified only as Yasemin, Adnan's survival hit home hard.
    — Arkansas Online, 11 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
  • After drawing a walk in the first inning, Burger hit home runs in the fourth and fifth innings for the fourth multi-homer performance of his MLB career.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • 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

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