STRATEGY in a Sentence

Learn STRATEGY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

116 example sentences for STRATEGY, such as:

1. We do not have a strategy.
2. They had been full of strategy.
3. I went home and mapped out my strategy.
4. It is certainly a strategy worth exploring.
5. Their strategy produced the desired outcome.

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 Meanings and Examples of STRATEGY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
strategy
 n.  elaborate and systematic plan; plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal
Classic Sentence:
1  "Oh, well," said Scarlett, on whom military strategy was utterly lost.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
2  They had learned retreating under Old Joe, who had made it as great a feat of strategy as advancing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
3  They had been full of strategy.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
4  But Squealer counselled them to avoid rash actions and trust in Comrade Napoleon's strategy.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
5  The reddleman, stung with suspicion of wrong to Thomasin, was aroused to strategy in a moment.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 9 Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
6  By far the greatest effect of her simple strategy on that day was, as often happens, in a quarter quite outside her view when arranging it.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 11 The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman
7  He treated the strategy of the hostile general like a citadel, and made a breach in it.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III—THE EIGHTEENTH OF JUNE, 1815
8  The vast barricade spread out like a cliff against which the strategy of the African generals dashed itself.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—THE CHARYBDIS OF THE FAUBOURG SAINT ANTOINE AND...
9  This movement, executed with more good will than strategy, cost the Fannicot company dear.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII—DISORDER A PARTISAN OF ORDER
10  Men can only be taken prisoners if they surrender according to the rules of strategy and tactics, as the Germans did.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER XIX
Example Sentence: (106 in 8 pages)
16  The researcher is there to help the agency formulate the right strategy and the right advertising solution.
17  We do not have a strategy.
18  He has failed to work out a coherent strategy for modernising the service.
19  Their overall strategy is quite good, but one or two of the details could be improved.
20  Gates responds with a lengthy discourse on deployment strategy.
21  Their strategy produced the desired outcome.
22  It's all part of an overall strategy to gain promotion.
23  I went home and mapped out my strategy.
24  It is certainly a strategy worth exploring.
25  The most appropriate strategy may simply be to walk away from the problem.
26  Each party has its own strategy for building a strong economy.
27  I think it's time to adopt a different strategy in my dealings with him.
28  They're pursuing a strategy of massive retaliation.
29  We are now piloting through Parliament a new strategy to tackle youth crime.
30  The coming year may herald a change in strategy for major publishers.