How to Use strait in a Sentence

strait

noun

• The economy is in dire straits.
• Her campaign is in desperate straits.
• The company is in desperate financial straits.
• Iran could close the strait again.
  — Russell Berman, The Atlantic, 25 June 2026
• Mines must be swept from the strait.
  — Clay Chandler, semafor.com, 19 June 2026
• The straits will be open, no tolling.
  — CBS News, 14 June 2026
• The strait may be open, at least for now.
  — Sohel Uddin, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
• The strait has long been a deep concern.
  — ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
• The strait has emerged again as a focus.
  — Kareem Chehayeb, Fortune, 20 June 2026
• The straits need to be open without tolls.
  — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 24 May 2026
• Some ships have tried crossing the strait.
  — Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
• And don’t worry about the strait.
  — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2026
• But there's three channels through the straits.
  — ABC News, 21 June 2026
• Scores of ships are waiting to sail through the strait.
  — Joe Walsh, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
• Iran has already fired on some ships in the strait.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026
• So, there's room for the prices to rise as long as the strait stays closed.
  — CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
• The price may keep rising as ships once again avoid the strait.
  — Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
• That transit time to go through the whole strait is six to ten hours.
  — ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
• Will that be enough to coax large numbers of ships back through the strait?
  — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026
• Maybe the strait’s name—Death’s Door—scares them off.
  — Charles Usher, Midwest Living, 26 May 2026
• This was the scene this past Wednesday in the strait.
  — Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
• Well, first, yes, Iran controls the strait.
  — CBS News, 21 June 2026
• Control over the strait is at the heart of the dispute.
  — Willem Marx, NPR, 28 June 2026
• The strait is a vital choke point for the global oil trade.
  — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
• About 20% of all oil supplies pass through the strait.
  — Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 24 May 2026
• Our plan was to reach one of the strait's narrowest points.
  — Sohel Uddin, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
• The strait saw about one-fifth of the world's oil pass through it prior to the war.
  — Dan Mangan,emma Graham,hugh Leask,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 3 June 2026
• This is the best way to defuse tensions across the strait and things could move from there.
  — Zhou Bo, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
• Here’s what to know about the strait and the widening Iran war.
  — Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
• Questions remain about mines in the strait, as well.
  — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 19 June 2026