strafing

Example Sentences

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Hemsley and his fellow insurance CEOs also recently faced down testy members of Congress in two House hearings, taking a critical strafing from lawmakers of both parties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Watching Lyonne’s heroine tap dance away from strafing fire gets old pretty fast, but at least Johnson and his writers realize that.

From Salon • May 8, 2025

After starting his career with three straight years of extraordinary play, Mahomes has reason to be confident he and his receivers can more or less flip a switch and get back to strafing defenses.

From Washington Post • Nov. 6, 2021

To this day, Japanese commemorate the strafing of an elementary school in eastern Tokyo during the Doolittle raid, where a 13-year-old boy was killed.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2020

There was going to be air cover—dive- bombers and Hellcats on strafing runs, and B-24s from out of the Ellice Islands, right up to the point of attack.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson