Streak

//stɹiːk//

"Streak" in a Sentence (28 examples)

Having hit a streak of bad luck, my fortune had gone to pot in no time.

After a streak of bad luck, a persistent gambler will be forced to play for high stakes.

John can really talk a blue streak about Peru.

They have lost 10 games in a row since their winning streak ended.

When my father heard my wife was pregnant, he couldn't have talked a bluer streak.

He's on a hot streak.

This lucky streak won't last forever.

I got out right after having finished my streak, because I was too complacent. I let my team down.

This player is on a hot streak.

Tom is on a hot streak.

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'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.

The picture I took out the car window had streaks.

I hope I can keep up this streak of accomplishments.

I was on a winning streak until the fourth game, when I was dealt terrible cards.

Out went conversation in favour of fast and more immediate pleasures. We migrated on to texts, voice notes, emojis and the Snapchat “streak”.

a mean streak

a stubborn streak

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She's a quiet, bookish person, but she has a rebellious streak.

Rashford showed the fearless streak Southgate so admires with his constant willingness to run at Brazil's defence with pace, even demonstrating on occasion footwork that would not have been out of place from members of England's illustrious opposition.

Coinbase’s government work has proved highly controversial to many crypto fans, owing perhaps to the long-running libertarian streak in that community.

If you clean a window in direct sunlight, it will streak.

"As it was I came a hell of a crack against a Dam' rustic arbour in the garden. Dam' near stunned me. But I never stopped a second. Up and over the back fence and streaked for the common."

It was a pleasant game until some guy went streaking across the field.

The fad began with a lone male running naked across the Florida State University campus several weeks ago. Students on other campuses began streaking in pairs, then groups, and were joined by some coeds.

But when we streaked through Doncaster at all but a mile-a-minute, with a miraculously clear road, in no more than 37 min. 18 sec. from the York start, I began to sit up and take notice.

You will streak a window by cleaning it in direct sunlight.

Though his entire back down to his side fins is of a deep sable, yet a boundary line, distinct as the mark in a ship’s hull, called the “bright waist,” that line streaks him from stem to stern, with two separate colours, black above and white below.

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