strike one as being
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“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 songs of yesterday, when revived, strike one as being very antiquated, and the songs of the day before yesterday also rarely bear the test; but what of the songs of the sixties?
From A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
You're very odd, Peter," she said, "but you do say things that strike one as being true.
From Simon Called Peter by Keable, Robert
Their proceedings strike one as being extraordinarily human, while the dignity and gravity of the participants are beyond description.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir
Placed as they now are upon a simple ledge, they strike one as being too near the eye, and out of harmony with the architectural tone of the building.
From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by Symonds, John Addington
