How to Use streak in a Sentence
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The Kings’ eight-game team point streak ended with a thud.
—Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
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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
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The Detroit Tigers' losing streak has reached five games.
—Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2023
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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
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His team held on to snap Ole Miss’ 14-game unbeaten streak at home.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 4 Feb. 2024
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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
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Our mild streak continues today, though not as warm as the past few.
—Molly Robey, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2023
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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
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The streak is the longest to begin a postseason career.
—Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
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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
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The seven-game winning streak ties their season-best stretch from April 16-24.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2023
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My first perfect game for a few days takes my overall winning streak up to nine.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
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That detail, the targeting of men on the team, often plays into the longevity of abusers’ streaks.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
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But with this record streak of heat, what -- what is the impact on people's health and the community?
—CBS News, 16 July 2023
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The injury ends of one of the greatest individual streaks in all of sports.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
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Ferrera has been on a glamorous style streak this awards season.
—Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2024
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Seeing my current streak go from 40 to 0 was soul-crushing.
—Alex Montoya, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2024
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The left-handed hitter finished the season on a six-game hitting streak.
—Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
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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
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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
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That is tied for the longest streak with a power-play goal in franchise history.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2024
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That fact made their season-ending three-game losing streak all the more gut-wrenching.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2024
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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
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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
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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
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But the lawyers, from a group called Alliance Defending Freedom, were on a winning streak.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
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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
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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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Last September 2, Central’s 26-game winning streak was snapped by Bishop Gorman.
—Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024
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The Wildcats have lost six consecutive tournament games to teams seeded at least four spots lower — the longest such streak in tournament history, according to Stats Perform.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
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The wavy green leaves are streaked with yellow or cream like a snake, thus the name.
—Medgina Saint-Elien, House Beautiful, 7 July 2023
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The Phillies have won 10 of 11 games to streak into NL wild-card contention.
—Dan Gelston, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2022
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Australia time, the team will look for a fireball to streak across the Australian sky.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Dec. 2020
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Mud streaked with mining muck clotted the soles of our boots.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
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The Quadrantids will streak through the sky at a speed of about 25 miles per second.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2024
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Cody closes his eyes and smiles as tears streak down his cheeks.
—Will Lanzoni, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2023
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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
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Mimi played Janey a 10-year old with a mean bully streak in the play Kin.
—Madison Douglas, Seventeen, 21 Sep. 2021
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And the muscle that goes first tends to be low quality and streaked with fat.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2024
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Expect to see a few meteors streak across the sky in an hour.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 Oct. 2020
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The first was finding Tatum, who had come streaking in from the backcourt.
—Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2023
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There’s just that pesky 13-game win streak the Patriots have against the Jets.
—Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 20 Nov. 2022
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Nuno and her family would go to the beach and watch meteors streak across the sky.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Apr. 2021
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Brilliant shooting stars will streak across the heavens with no bright moon to drown out the light.
—Andrew Fazekas, Science, 30 Dec. 2021
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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
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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
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Fighter jets streaked across the country to attack Kyiv.
—Richard Engel, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2023
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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
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Tracer fire, flares and Hamas rockets streaking through the night.
—Greg Palkot, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2023
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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
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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
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Is the Volunteers' winning streak a sign of a program that has turned the corner?
—Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2020
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Watch for the sky streaks around the Aquarius constellation, but keep an eye on Perseus as well.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2023
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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
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Runoff from the siding will streak nearby glass surfaces.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2023
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Cena and Jimmy Kimmel paid tribute to the man who streaked at the 1974 Oscars.
—Dustin Nelson, EW.com, 11 Mar. 2024
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Bright gold lights streaked across the black, like luminescent paint.
—Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024
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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
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They were streaked in different shades of brown, some of the engravings a little hard to see.
—Hadley Green, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
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Some continue to do the cleaning while others spray the windows and lets the suds streak down unwiped.
—Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2022
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