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. They had been full of strategy.
2. He is an expert in military strategy.
3. I admired the general who was a master of strategy.
4. It is the general's role to develop overall strategy.
5. The fear is that we have no exit strategy from this conflict.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of STRATEGY
strategy
 n.  the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war
 n.  an elaborate and systematic plan of action
Classic Sentence:
1  "Oh, well," said Scarlett, on whom military strategy was utterly lost.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
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 Mitchell
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)
1  The government has employed a dual strategy to achieve these two objectives.
2  A better strategy is to announce the changes quickly and then implement them slowly.
3  The second prong of the strategy is the provision of basic social services for the poor.
4  This strategy effectively neutralized what the Conservatives had hoped would be a vote - winner.
5  The coach called a time-out to discuss strategy.
6  The fear is that we have no exit strategy from this conflict.
7  We need someone with enterprise and imagination to design a marketing strategy.
8  It is the general's role to develop overall strategy.
9  The president held an emergency meeting to discuss military strategy with his defence commanders yesterday.
10  This advertisement is a typical example of their marketing strategy.
11  He is an expert in military strategy.
12  In a world that's changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.
13  The company will now focus its strategy on its core business areas.
14  I admired the general who was a master of strategy.
15  You should take careful note of what she tells you because she knows their strategy well.