Used in a Sentence

streaked

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for streaked.

Editorial note

When Microsoft went from simple domains to AD around 2000 they really streaked ahead on the management side.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Bearing streaks.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of streaked gathered in one view.

adjective

Bearing streaks.

adjective

Marred with streaks.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for streaked.

Example sentences

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When Microsoft went from simple domains to AD around 2000 they really streaked ahead on the management side.

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Why was he placing plates streaked with staphylococcus near a window and then peering at them every few days?

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I was on the beach and it streaked across the sky and exploded into a bunch of other things that streaked a little further and faded out.

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Every time it rained, the concrete became streaked with sludge and gross lines.

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The imagery shows an alluvial fan of material washed down from the rim, streaked by many apparent channels, sitting uphill of the new finds.

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Honestly what they write isn't worth its weight in shit-streaked toilet paper.

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Rubinette is a medium sized yellow apple, streaked in reddish brown.

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Last year a man took a large bet that there would be a streaker at the Super Bowl, then went to the Super Bowl and streaked.

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> At least one object streaked across the early morning sky and shattered 10 km over the city of Chelyabinsk.

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I was on a sailing ship in the Atlantic, on the middle of the night watch, when a large meteor streaked across the sky.

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But I wouldn't post long tear-streaked threads on Reddit, wailing about how I'd lost a special friend that I had a personal relationship with.

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The girl, still with the company but not with you, has since moved on to a younger model and you've gone bald and your neckbeard is streaked with grey.

Quote examples

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Second paragraph: "Without warning, an American F-15E attack jet streaked across the drone’s high-definition field of vision and dropped a 500-pound bomb on the crowd, swallowing it in a shuddering blast." Who is lying about the surveillance quality?

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Conversely I once genuinely heard this streaked by someone to the kids they were herding around a supermarket: "if you two want to run around and make noise, go do it in the car park".

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When people complain about "frat boys" or "bros" infesting the Valley, we're not talking about guys who like to drink occasionally or streaked a football game, because none of that's a big deal.

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*edit: I suspect folks here will interpret the term "troubled kid" in their own cute ways, like not following directions on how to do a math problem because the little Euler-streaked student found a *better* way and he'll not listen to the authority on how to do the problem the conventional way, don't you suppress his creativity!

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use streaked in a sentence?

When Microsoft went from simple domains to AD around 2000 they really streaked ahead on the management side.

What does streaked mean?

Bearing streaks.

What part of speech is streaked?

streaked is commonly used as adjective.