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Meanings of streaked in English

Marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations.

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Usage of streaked in English
1
Normally they streaked towards Israeli border towns, or north towards coastal cities.
Reuters
2
A fireball streaked through the clear morning sky, followed by loud bangs.
BBC
3
For a moment fear streaked through her, as it so often did.
Fortunate harbor
4
Water streaked her skin-waterthat had nothing to do with the rain.
The incumbent
5
The heavy bullets streaked the dust all the way across the valley.
Desert Gold
6
Light streaked the sky in colors whose names I'd only recently learned.
Outpost
7
Orange light streaked the windows of small businesses on the main thoroughfare.
Mine
8
People visible inside the store, indistinct images behind damp-streaked and sign-plastered glass.
Crucifixion river
9
Just as the light streaked the horizon I stepped into the canoe.
The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon
10
Sun streaked the east while there were still stars in the west.
The Einstein Intersection
11
The missiles streaked out, charging towards their meager number of targets, and-
Ashes Of Victory
12
He streaked toward the control station, taking the enemy fighter with him.
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
13
Over the sky above the canyon streaked a serpentine chain of lightnings.
The Metal Monster
14
The window elongated, trembled, and popped free, forming a monstrous, rainbow-streaked bubble.
James Potter and the Vault of Destinies
15
Saxon's Lake was streaked with blue and purple in the morning light.
Boy’s Life
16
The horses streaked across the finish line, and Lula was still jumping.
Hard eight
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Streaked across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common