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• I went home and I had a bull and cow with my trouble and strife.From the entry bull and cow
• Internecine strife in Gaza claimed its most senior victim yesterday when militants assassinated one of the most hated security chiefs there.From the entry internecine
• Through a thousand centuries of strife, those lights continued to shine.2012 February 29, Troy Denning, Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse, Random House, →ISBN, page 3. From the entry swing
• The perfection of antipolitics required nonpolitical leadership and the negation of partisan strife.1978, Brian Loveman; Thomas M. Davies, Jr., The Politics of Antipolitics. From the entry antipolitics
• The document said the civil strife would coincide with the with­drawal of Soviet troops from north Korea.1948 July 1, “Police Uncover Red Korea Plot”, in East Liverpool Review, volume 69, number 214, East Liverpool, Ohio, sourced from…. From the entry people's army
• Nothing but strife and juggleries and hatred and contempt and discord wherever you look.1942, Walter de la Mare, “All Hallows”, in Best Stories of Walter de la Mare. From the entry jugglery
• Long dures, mongst the forefighters, of both parts, Dread strife, before the wall, for Tola's corse.1906, Charles Montagu Doughty, The dawn in Britain. From the entry heapmeal
• We'll put it all right when he is done converting his 'target for tonight' into the 'trouble and strife.'2018, Mark Cote, That Lucky Old Son, page 22. From the entry target for tonight
• If e'er there was sic strife and clatter, Fracas o tongues and bellerin blatter, Twas at the towr o Babel.1996, David McCordick, Scottish literature: an anthology, page 572. From the entry yabble
• In a continent with a long history of ethnic strife, the Ivory Coast has maintained an open immigration policy.1988 April 26, James Brooke, “Ivory Coast: African Success Story Built on Rich Farms and Stable Politics”, in The New York Times, New…. From the entry Ivory Coast
• With all that strife in Europe, and strikes in Paris, he seems to know what side of his bread is buttered.1953 August 20, Grampaw Ned Oakley, “Grampaw Oakley”, in Pottstown Mercury, volume 22, number 281, Pottstown, Pa.: Pottstown Daily News…. From the entry know what side of one's bread is buttered
• Restrain also the keen fury of my heart which provokes me to tread the ways of blood-curdling strife.1914, Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Hesiod, the Homeric hymns and Homerica, London: W. Heineman, page 435. From the entry blood-curdling
• In amongst the strife, Scott McTominay, whose stoppage-time winner against Israel sent Hampden berserk, and Ryan Christie offered signs of an attacking pulse.2021 October 12, Jamie Lyall, “Faroe Islands 0 – 1 Scotland”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2022. From the entry berserk
• As a result, the fund may realize few if any of diversity’s benefits, while still suffering from the inefficiencies often caused by intrateam strife.2007 October 7, Mark Hulbert, “At Some Funds, a Gender Communication Gap”, in New York Times. From the entry intrateam
• His mind seemed older than theirs: it shone coldly on their strifes and happiness and regrets like a moon upon a younger earth.1916, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man. From the entry strifes
• Did you know that probing the seamy underbelly of US lexicography reveals ideological strife and controversy and intrigue and nastiness and fervor on a near-Lewinskian scale?2012, David Foster Wallace, Consider The Lobster: Essays and Arguments, page xxvi. From the entry Lewinskian
• Attempts to ‘unify’ the Hindus into being Indian rashtravadis are bound to produce similarly disastrous results, as we can see from the continuous ethnic strife in Pakistan.1998, Madhu Kishwar, Religion at the service of nationalism and other essays, Delhi: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 274, →ISBN. From the entry rashtravadi
• Now the works of the flesh are plain: immorality, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like.1946, The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ: Revised Standard Version: Translated from the Greek: […], New York, N.Y.…. From the entry party spirit
• Today, Xena is no longer Xena but has been officially renamed Eris, after the Greek goddess of strife and discord—which hints at the climate in planetary science at the time.2013, Fred Watson, Star-Craving Mad: Tales from a Travelling Astronomer, Allen & Unwin, page 35. From the entry Eris

Meaning of strife

1. noun Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work.
2. noun Exertion or contention for superiority, either by physical or intellectual means.
3. noun Bitter conflict, sometimes violent.

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Questions about strife in a sentence

How do you use strife in a sentence?

Strife is used as a noun. For example: “I went home and I had a bull and cow with my trouble and strife.”

What is a short sentence with strife?

“Through a thousand centuries of strife, those lights continued to shine.”

What does strife mean?

Strife means striving; earnest endeavor; hard work.