struck

Example Sentences

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“It always struck me as strange when people criticize the past with the eyes of the present,” Trejo said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Still, reading his interviews while on the campaign trail struck a painful sympathetic chord in me.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

After Carpenter finished a rendition of Juno, Madonna emerged while the intro of Vogue played out and dancers struck a pose.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

The deal Cerebras struck with Amazon Web Services stepped up the competition by allowing AWS to better compete with the new Nvidia-Groq product.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Clare stretched out his arms, as if to say, All intact, though he flexed his paw where a quill had struck him.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman