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
His features, too, somehow or other, strike one as being those of a gentleman; which is all the more singular when, as a fact, he told me he had been brought up in a workhouse.
From For Name and Fame Or Through Afghan Passes by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
A nocturnal procession, whether the figures go on foot, on horseback, or on cars, does not strike one as being a particularly favourable medium for the telling of a story.
From Diversions in Sicily by Jones, Henry Festing
Otherwise he did not strike one as being a particularly religious man.
From Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians by Runciman, John F.
Our new school of writers is reserved, but its reserve does not strike one as being of the former kind.
From Confessions and Criticisms by Hawthorne, Julian
