How to Use strike back in a Sentence

strike back

phrasal verb
Definition of strike backnext
  • One is that the court should strike back hard against the government.
    — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 25 July 2023
  • When one of their party is shot, Franck’s friends strike back.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 June 2024
  • Just call it the Empire State strikes back, with a bold counter punch to Abbott.
    — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Instead, white people across the South struck back with a vengeance.
    — Scott W. Stern, The New Republic, 26 June 2023
  • The United States must strike back at those who attacked us.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Sadier is now striking back out on her own for a new album and tour.
    — Pitchfork, 8 Jan. 2024
  • For a sit-in at a lunch counter, they were told, sit up straight, be courteous and don’t strike back.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 10 June 2024
  • The adult industry is also striking back: this July, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case out of Texas on the issue.
    — Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Morning Glory: Israel strikes back and the world should be thankful.
    — Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The vampires strike back for a fifth season of this satirical series.
    — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
  • Barcelona did strike back just before the half-hour mark when Lamine Yamal scored a near carbon-copy of Akliouche’s goal at the other end.
    — Jamie Barton, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The United States should, instead, have cut to the chase and immediately struck back.
    — Noam Raydan, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Kyiv struck back, destroying over a dozen of Russia's ships over the following months.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The United States, Britain and their allies have been striking back against Houthi positions.
    — Peter Eavis, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Hezbollah felt compelled to strike back, and maintain a sense of deterrence.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Communication failed, Dmytro said, and the pair could not contact their mortar team to strike back.
    — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Israel struck back the next day with deadly airstrikes on a Yemeni port – the first such strike on Yemen, according to Israeli officials.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Ukraine’s imperative was to strike back before the Russians had time to regroup.
    — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
  • In theory, China could use its forces in the region to strike back at the Houthis or to escort commercial vessels into and out of the Red Sea.
    — Aaron Glasserman, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2024
  • And much of this content hails the shooters as these heroes or anti-heroes who are striking back against bullies.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Greer's case will be revisited by the lower court, giving Greer a second chance to strike back at Kiwi Farms.
    — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The result, however, was a stake through the heart of global trade: European countries struck back with their own tariffs.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
  • The union’s members voted 99% in favor of a strike back in May, and pilots are ready to strike upon release from the National Mediation Board.
    — Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Israel struck back with airstrikes, including one that flattened a 14-story tower that held Hamas offices.
    — Times Photography Wire Services, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
  • In response to the growing Nizari threat, Sunni authorities struck back with their own ruthless methods.
    — Nicholas Liu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Then, amid howls of outrage among the Pakistani public and political class, Pakistan struck back Thursday.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Iran has struck back against Israel in the past by targeting Israeli citizens in foreign countries.
    — Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Any government would have struck back, and Hamas maximized the suffering of civilians by using them as human shields.
    — Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The union voted to authorize a strike back in May if new contract negotiations stalled during the summer.
    — Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • This week, a former adviser of Donald Trump made some controversial comments about his former boss, and Trump struck back.
    — Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 26 Oct. 2024

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