strike a match
Example Sentences
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“The poet must strike a match, light up the cold cosmos, and insist on the power of imagination over the universe of death,” M writes, rejecting disillusionment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Those real-life events strike a match that lights the film’s slow fuse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
"If you tried to strike a match in here, nothing would happen due to the lack of oxygen," Mr Bruce says.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2022
Now, Bowden will try to strike a match against a pillar, and it’s enough of a collision that, in the run-up, it overshadows the gathering promise of a North Carolinian, Virginia Tech quarterback Hendon Hooker.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2019
The space behind it was so dark that he had to strike a match to find the light cord.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
