How to Use strife in a Sentence

strife

noun

• The strife and strains of life in the city seemed far away.
  — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 24 Oct. 2020
• The country has stayed afloat since the strife of 2014.
  — Michael Kimmage, The New Republic, 26 Jan. 2021
• The times of glory give me hope, the times of strife teach me to cope.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 12 Oct. 2022
• In the strife of Truth with Falsehood for the good or evil side.
  — Martin Luther King, CNN, 27 Aug. 2021
• Of the many rounds of strife, none matched the viciousness of the fight against IS.
  — The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
• Eris: This is the name of the Greek goddess of strife and discord.
  — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 5 Mar. 2021
• From hype to strife: This was supposed to be the year the Browns turned it all around.
  — USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2019
• The strife and self-doubt of middle age — that went into the book.
  — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2021
• The idea to create the panel has caused strife within the White House.
  — Scott Waldman, Science | AAAS, 9 July 2019
• The point was to disturb the peace, to cause commotion and strife.
  — John Patrick Leary, The New Republic, 10 June 2020
• Cory, still in high school and living at home, bears the brunt of the father-son strife.
  — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2022
• And their service hardly meant the end of racial strife at home.
  — David Scharfenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2018
• The discussion comes against a backdrop of strife between the fire union and the city.
  — Mike Morris, Houston Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2018
• And in the face of such strife, defense is your best offense, says Watkins.
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2018
• The Pope also met and paid homage to the victims of the civil strife in Kinshasa.
  — Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 1 Feb. 2023
• The government, which owns 84 percent of EDF, has added to the strife.
  — New York Times, 18 June 2022
• Studying the life of Maria Callas would become strife with Brad Pitt.
  — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2024
• The strife among teachers and staff members was a tipping point.
  — Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020
• In a year filled with strife, Brown set out to offer some relief.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2021
• If there has been no sign of strife in the house, this can be even more confusing to your son.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 13 July 2022
• That's not to say there's any internal strife between the two.
  — Briar Napier, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2020
• Meanwhile, the rise in crime has caused strife between city and state leaders.
  — NBC News, 10 Oct. 2021
• This did not, at the time, look like a recipe for geopolitical strife.
  — The Economist, 5 Aug. 2020
• The news caused a major strife in their relationship at the time.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
• The Seattle port has been closed in recent days because of the labor strife.
  — Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
• The two women, both of whom depend on canes to walk, have weathered war, strife and loss.
  — Sydney Page, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Nov. 2021
• The teaser clip above offers hints at some of the strife that’s apparently on the way.
  — oregonlive, 31 Oct. 2022
• This is hardly the first time the classroom has become the center of civil strife.
  — New York Times, 20 Aug. 2021
• If the world ever crumbles due to global strife, at least Miguel can sit back and laugh that he...
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2017
• The scene is a painfully ordinary form of familial strife, but with an extraordinary twist: the facility itself is owned by MI5 and packed with retired spooks.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024