Examples of 'struck oil' in a sentence

Meaning of "struck oil"

struck oil: This phrase is used metaphorically to indicate sudden success, especially in terms of making a fortunate discovery or finding a solution to a problem

How to use "struck oil" in a sentence

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struck oil
Her father struck oil out west.
They thought they had struck oil.
Because you struck oil where there was no oil.
I think you have struck oil.
Abbott had struck oil without looking for it.
They had just struck oil.
Dad struck oil again.
We were looking for water and we struck oil.
We have not struck oil yet.
Struck oil at the altar.
That drifter has struck oil out there.
That must have been before your father struck oil.
You have struck oil.
I struck oil at once.
You sure struck oil.

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After I struck oil She showed up wanting to get remarried.
I think we just struck oil.
Nobody ever struck oil through rock like that.
Your custodian struck oil.
And struck oil.
Looks like Mort struck oil.
Britain said they struck oil fields used to fund Islamic State.
I told you I would struck oil.
They struck oil.
They're gonna think they have just struck oil here.
After he struck oil in Asia.
Every time I'm about to tell you you have struck oil.
So you struck oil.
On the land the Gershwins gave me . We struck oil.
We have heard they struck oil in Middle East.
Well, I think we might have just struck oil.
Five years ago before I struck oil you thought enough of me to call me Blubbermouth.
I was drilling in my african village, and we struck oil mixed with diamonds.
Dad " Joiner struck oil near the neighboring town of Henderson.
We could have struck oil.
Before we struck oil in my town, it was a dust-covered prairie.
Doing business just because you struck oil must be tough.
We struck oil and gold!
And it seems Damien Hirst has struck oil all over again.
Struck oil at the altar, Now.
I feel like I struck oil this year.
Quit drilling ; you already struck oil.
Maggie 's husband struck oil in Texas not long ago.
So you want an oil massage? We have heard they struck oil in Middle East.
Then they struck oil on Grandpa 's farm.
You know what happened? Dad struck oil again.
Her father struck oil out west . Please.
Jett, we are glad you struck oil.
Because you struck oil where there was no oil . That did not seem weird to you?
The dinosaur has struck oil for us!

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