How to Use streak in a Sentence

streak

1 of 2 noun

• He left streaks where he wiped the glass.
• The miners had streaks of coal dust on their faces.
• The Kings’ eight-game team point streak ended with a thud.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• The Broncos were the last team to take the crown and had a five-year streak of their own before the Chiefs snapped it.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 29 July 2023
• The Detroit Tigers' losing streak has reached five games.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2023
• This week, one of their streaks will come to an end—and only one will stand atop toe NFC North.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2023
• His team held on to snap Ole Miss’ 14-game unbeaten streak at home.
  — Issy Ronald, CNN, 4 Feb. 2024
• The Browns have beaten the Bengals five times in a row at home, but this year may finally bring an end to the streak.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2023
• Our mild streak continues today, though not as warm as the past few.
  — Molly Robey, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2023
• For the streak to continue, the Panthers would have to finish ahead of Mitty in pool play.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024
• The streak is the longest to begin a postseason career.
  — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• For the past four seasons, the Conway Crocs Swim Club coach inched even closer, but still fell short of breaking the streak.
  — Jason Batacao, Arkansas Online, 15 July 2023
• The seven-game winning streak ties their season-best stretch from April 16-24.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2023
• My first perfect game for a few days takes my overall winning streak up to nine.
  — Kris Holt, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
• That detail, the targeting of men on the team, often plays into the longevity of abusers’ streaks.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
• But with this record streak of heat, what -- what is the impact on people's health and the community?
  — CBS News, 16 July 2023
• The injury ends of one of the greatest individual streaks in all of sports.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
• Ferrera has been on a glamorous style streak this awards season.
  — Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2024
• Seeing my current streak go from 40 to 0 was soul-crushing.
  — Alex Montoya, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2024
• The left-handed hitter finished the season on a six-game hitting streak.
  — Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
• With the win, the Wolfpack extended their winning streak to eight games and have advanced to the program’s first Elite Eight since 1986.
  — Jacob Lev, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
• Trading at about $79 a barrel, benchmark Brent crude was on track to snap a three-day losing streak.
  — Joe Wallace, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2023
• That is tied for the longest streak with a power-play goal in franchise history.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2024
• That fact made their season-ending three-game losing streak all the more gut-wrenching.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2024
• Marquette is 8-0 at home this year and has a 19-game winning streak that began last season.
  — Emmett Prosser, Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
• Ted Cruz has shown up to the Senate floor in gym clothes, and Kyrsten Sinema has led a long streak of wearing bright outfits and wigs in the chamber.
  — Ella Sherman, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2023
• Alex Verdugo finished 0 for 4 with a walk, snapping a 10-game hitting streak against the Yankees . . .
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
• But the lawyers, from a group called Alliance Defending Freedom, were on a winning streak.
  — David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
• While the Eagles will look to wipe the slate clean and start a new win streak next week, the Jets are heading into the bye week riding high with a two-game win streak to push them to 3-3.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2023
• What’s at stake: Oregon can snap its losing streak in the series and begin a new three-game series with Hawaii with a win.
  — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2023

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streak

2 of 2 verb

• A shooting star streaked across the sky.
• A skateboarder streaked past us.
• The wavy green leaves are streaked with yellow or cream like a snake, thus the name.
  — Medgina Saint-Elien, House Beautiful, 7 July 2023
• The Phillies have won 10 of 11 games to streak into NL wild-card contention.
  — Dan Gelston, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2022
• Australia time, the team will look for a fireball to streak across the Australian sky.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Dec. 2020
• Mud streaked with mining muck clotted the soles of our boots.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
• The Quadrantids will streak through the sky at a speed of about 25 miles per second.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2024
• Cody closes his eyes and smiles as tears streak down his cheeks.
  — Will Lanzoni, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2023
• Watch for sky streaks to the northwest on the evening of Oct. 8 through early morning Oct. 9.
  — Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 2 Oct. 2023
• Mimi played Janey a 10-year old with a mean bully streak in the play Kin.
  — Madison Douglas, Seventeen, 21 Sep. 2021
• And the muscle that goes first tends to be low quality and streaked with fat.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2024
• Expect to see a few meteors streak across the sky in an hour.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 Oct. 2020
• The first was finding Tatum, who had come streaking in from the backcourt.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2023
• There’s just that pesky 13-game win streak the Patriots have against the Jets.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 20 Nov. 2022
• Nuno and her family would go to the beach and watch meteors streak across the sky.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Apr. 2021
• Brilliant shooting stars will streak across the heavens with no bright moon to drown out the light.
  — Andrew Fazekas, Science, 30 Dec. 2021
• The biggest play came on a first down and was a 20-yard pass to tight end Dalton Kincaid, who had streaked across the field.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
• Her long light brown hair, streaked with gray, was pulled back into a tight ponytail at the nape of her neck.
  — Deborah Bonello, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• Fighter jets streaked across the country to attack Kyiv.
  — Richard Engel, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2023
• Shooting stars will start to streak across the sky as early as 9 or 10 p.m. local time.
  — Editors, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2020
• Tracer fire, flares and Hamas rockets streaking through the night.
  — Greg Palkot, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2023
• On its way down, Hubble would streak through the skies like a meteor and then fall into the sea.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2022
• Kirill Kaprizov answered back at 4:28 of the third on the power play to push his goal streak to five games.
  — Sarah McLellan, Star Tribune, 24 Apr. 2021
• Is the Volunteers' winning streak a sign of a program that has turned the corner?
  — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2020
• Watch for the sky streaks around the Aquarius constellation, but keep an eye on Perseus as well.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2023
• The Warhawks have lost in either the sectional semis or finals five of the last seven years, but could this be the year that streak ends?
  — Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2021
• Runoff from the siding will streak nearby glass surfaces.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2023
• Cena and Jimmy Kimmel paid tribute to the man who streaked at the 1974 Oscars.
  — Dustin Nelson, EW.com, 11 Mar. 2024
• Bright gold lights streaked across the black, like luminescent paint.
  — Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024
• Hamilton's assist on the play pushed his points streak to 11 games, marking the longest active string in the NHL.
  — Bob Sutton, Star Tribune, 20 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 3 May 2024