How to Use striker in a Sentence

striker

noun

• The score brought the 29-year-old striker's goal total to 54.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023
• Over the past two years, some strikers have crossed the picket lines.
  — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2023
• In the first half, the 34-year-old striker took a nasty fall after a hard challenge in the box.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
• Four fellow strikers weren’t at work at the time of the rally.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2023
• The 22-year-old striker has seven goals in 17 caps for the United States.
  — Abraham Nudelstejer, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
• My trigger been pulled so much, the striker got wore down.
  — Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
• This striker-less system has brought the best out of the likes of Kevin e Bruyne and Phil Foden.
  — Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 15 May 2022
• Alan Smith thought the same, but the striker still made the move from Leeds to Manchester in 2004 when push came to shove.
  — Liam Canning, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2022
• Smith, a junior striker, converted in the 58th minute to tie the match at 1-1.
  — Rick Hoff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2022
• Boulaye Dia, a Senegalese striker, slammed in the opening goal.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2022
• In the 37th minute, the striker beat her defender one-on-one, but her shot sailed over the crossbar.
  — Sapna Bansil, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
• That’s like going from a … uh … rookie to a … um … striker?
  — Vulture, 6 Jan. 2023
• When Santi Moar was out, striker Greg Hurst had to play winger.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2022
• In the second half, Rising striker JJ Williams received a red card in the 68th minute.
  — Lauren Hertz, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2022
• The union would not confirm plans to have strikers return to work on Monday.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 30 June 2023
• The sophomore striker scored three goals and added an assist over two games.
  — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Oct. 2022
• The striker is kept under constant spring tension by the sear.
  — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
• That goal was a striker’s finish, the first of what Russo, and England, hopes will be many more.
  — Ella Braidwood, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2023
• Pefok, a striker for the United States men’s soccer team, was tired, to be sure.
  — New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022
• The betting pick is Prates, who is the better and faster striker, to win by decision.
  — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
• In those days, he was known as a center forward, now called a striker, the goal-scoring front man.
  — Phil Davison, Washington Post, 22 July 2022
• During his first stint with the club, the 26-year-old striker was a prolific goalscorer.
  — Manuel Veth, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
• But the strikers are in constant motion, holding their signs high.
  — Maria Prudente, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• The union said all the strikers returned to their jobs afterward with back pay and benefits.
  — Rio Yamat, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023
• The union said all the strikers returned to their jobs afterward, with back pay and benefits.
  — Rio Yamat, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
• Atop a hill in the eucalyptus knoll across the street, a striker in a beret and smock stood at an easel painting a landscape of the ordeal.
  — Jake S. Friedman, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2022
• The Chelsea striker was substituted at the start of the second half and taken to a hospital for tests.
  — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
• Evan Conway, a 6-foot-5 striker, was in position to head it home.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2022
• With the home team putting on constant pressure, the Nigerian striker scored the winner in the 71st minute, beating ter Stegen at his near post again.
  — Jamie Barton, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
• The prolific striker had the opportunity to sign off in style earlier in the match, but saw her penalty in the 10th minute saved by the goalkeeper.
  — Ben Church, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024