strike one as
Example Sentences
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In retrospect, such escapades may strike one as profligate.
From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2022
“He can strike one as being a very formal person, and he has cultivated that to some degree,” said Marie Arana, a Peruvian-American writer and former editor of The Washington Post’s books section.
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2018
The idea of Atlantic salmon harvested in a West Virginia warehouse might not strike one as appealing as salmon that hails from a Norwegian fjord.
From Time • Nov. 18, 2014
The first public confession can be stirring, but the tenth is likely to strike one as the same old thing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cases of this kind strike one as peculiar exceptions rather than as examples of a general rule or law.
From Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin by Ball, W. P. (William Platt)
