Sentences with spike
spike
S s - ...a 15-foot wall topped with iron spikes.
- Her hair stood out in spikes.
- Although you'd think business would have boomed during the war, there was only a small spike in interest. [+ in]
- They wondered whether their drinks had been spiked. [be VERB-ed]
- To spike a rumor; to spike someone's chances for promotion.
- The cocoa was spiked with cyanide.
- Interest rates spiked up last week.