How to Use stroke in a Sentence

stroke

1 of 2 verb

• That could lead to a range of issues, from brain fog to stroke.
  — NBC News, 2 Mar. 2021
• Brown, the man who had dug a trench, stroked a small puppy.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
• Bonus: Your partner's hands are free to stroke your breasts and clit.
  — Jessica Migala, Women's Health, 28 Aug. 2023
• This demonstrates that the longer the hands are stroked, the stronger the illusion becomes.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2020
• These arms that ache to hold them, to stroke their hair, to make their favorite foods.
  — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 22 Oct. 2018
• With a dry brush tool, stroke your body– from head to toe– ahead of bathing, then wash off the dead skin in the shower.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 1 Feb. 2024
• The duo danced for the big screen and took turns playfully stroking each other’s beards .
  — Dan Gelston, The Seattle Times, 11 Feb. 2019
• Just use that gripper (clean, of course) to stroke the ear of corn and remove all that pesky silk.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2023
• To use, stroke the fine brush above your upper lash line close to the lash root once daily.
  — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2022
• Near the rear of the pack, Shelley Yen-Ewert stopped to let her daughter Zaia stroke one of the oaks.
  — Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2022
• Then stroke upward on either side of your spine, from the top of each shoulder to the hairline.
  — Emily Rekstis, Allure, 14 Apr. 2022
• Then Martinez stepped to the plate and stroked 2-and-0 cutter to center for an RBI single that trimmed the deficit to 5-4.
  — Julian Benbow, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2019
• Then, stroke the middle of the lashes with a little less pressure than at the base.
  — Sara Miranda, Allure, 24 Apr. 2021
• Kirsten Thomas, 30, sat at the corner in a wheelchair stroking her dog, Billy.
  — Heather Knight, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
• Elvis Andrus stroked a single to Tony Kemp's feet in left field.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 4 July 2018
• Abreu followed by stroking a two-run single to right field.
  — Staff Report, courant.com, 10 June 2019
• With one down, Grandal drew his 98th walk of the season, Moustakas stroked a single through the left side and Ryan Braun walked to load the bases.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2019
• When, near the end of the song, Streisand stroked Diamond’s cheek, the audience erupted.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 17 July 2019
• Their gorgeous, silky coats make stroking hard to resist.
  — Country Living, 1 May 2023
• Its little legs reached behind its back to stroke its wings dry.
  — Daniella Toosie-Watson, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2023
• The pitch comes: Ohtani taps his toes, coils his hips, readies his hands, and strokes a line drive into right field.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2023
• Jarren Duran stroked a two-run homer off Logan Gilbert in the third.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
• With two outs, three straight batters stroked singles, making the score 8-6.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2019
• The painting could have been done last year, the painting could have been done 500 years ago, but that stroke, as it was made then, is right in front of me.
  — Allison Noelle Conner, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
• Either way, none of these ladies are throwing out their stilettos to stroke egos.
  — Essence, 7 Dec. 2021
• She was later reunited with her dog, stroking him in stunned silence before being taken to the hospital.
  — Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
• Research shows the risk of stroke also rises this time of year, and strokes present differently than heart attacks.
  — Allison Aubrey, NPR, 17 Dec. 2025
• Trump’s allies have always stroked his ego to get their way.
  — Chris Brennan, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
• But a surprising new case study just linked the common habit to stroke.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 11 Dec. 2025
• The video showed the fragile puppy wrapped in a yellow towel as Novak gently stroked her head.
  — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025

stroke

2 of 2 noun

• She knows the four basic strokes.
• He is ahead by two strokes.
• She swims with long, smooth strokes.
• He had a stroke last winter.
• She has a strong backhand stroke.
• Valdes lost five of those strokes to par on the par-3 fourth in the two rounds.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 17 June 2023
• Boy Brow fluffs and tints, while the pen fills in the blanks with hair-like strokes.
  — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 27 Nov. 2023
• Keep things bright with strokes of light blonde around the face.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2023
• But on the day Angee-Rose was born, Grandma had a stroke.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
• His wife, Mary B. Anderson, said the cause was a stroke.
  — Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
• One of the stars, Anna Shay, died this week at the age of 62 following a stroke.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 10 June 2023
• In the broadest strokes, that’s what equity means to her.
  — Carmen Nesbitt, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
• The stress took its toll on Maria Jimenez, who suffered a mild stroke, Patsy said.
  — Propublica, Dallas News, 18 May 2023
• Chen said extreme heat can increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 15 May 2023
• Push the file forward; two or three strokes on each cutter should be enough to sharpen it.
  — Joe Truini, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2023
• The memories are fading, and a recent stroke wiped away many of the most distinct ones.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
• That year Rawls bested Louise Suggs by five strokes to capture the Open.
  — Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2023
• In 2022, there were at least three homeless deaths in which hypothermia was a cause, and one in which heat stroke was a cause.
  — Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2024
• The fine point on this retractable pencil creates thin, hair-like strokes while the spoolie on the other end blends it all out.
  — Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 25 Sep. 2023
• Should that happen Juve, in one stroke, would jump to third in the table, pushing Roma down to fourth.
  — Emmet Gates, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• The death, at a hospital, was caused by a stroke, his daughter Milena Pesce said.
  — Fred A. Bernstein, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
• Mary Travis tells the story of the two artists’ unlikely bond after Travis lost the ability to speak and sing from a stroke in 2013.
  — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2023
• In the United States, strokes are more common and serious in women.
  — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• He’s been making this broad strokes argument since the 2020 campaign trail.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 July 2023
• Cassini, best known as a dressmaker for Jackie Kennedy, died from a stroke in 2006.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2023
• Over the past few months my mother had a stroke, my husband had a heart attack and one of my children called off their wedding.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2023
• The fast-growing class of drugs has the potential to treat other conditions, such as sleep apnea, and reduce the risk of stroke.
  — Zev Fima, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
• Vučević’s combination of passing, low-post scoring and 3-point stroke should give their offense new ways to score.
  — Jay King, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
• To be sure, there is precedent for eliminating such financial burden on athletics through the mere stroke of a pen.
  — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Feb. 2026
• Once again the two-way player energized with his attacking style and 3-point stroke.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026