strike a balance
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To find a compromise between two conflicting things; to choose a moderate option between two extremes.
Example Sentences
- "You should try to strike a balance between your social life and work life."
- "I like to think I strike a balance between being too strict and too lenient with my children."
- "Close to the window, where he could get more than his fair share of fresh air, the other twin, James—the fat and the lean of it, old Jolyon called these brothers—like the bulky Swithin, over six feet in height, but very lean, as though destined from his birth to strike a balance and maintain an average, brooded over the scene with his permanent stoop; […]"
- "2004, Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Dimension Films, opinion of the court The copyright laws attempt to strike a balance between protecting original works and stifling further creativity."
- "So, France does not always get it right. In its march towards a high-speed Utopia, it forgot its regional network and a balance is now needed to be struck."
- "I'd like to wind up the accounts before—before—well, this time I shan't wait till the new year to strike a balance."
Inflected Forms
strikes a balance (present, singular)
striking a balance (participle, present)
struck a balance (past)
struck a balance (participle, past)
stricken a balance (archaic, participle)