strike home
Example Sentences
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He needs it more than he lets on, and slowly, O’Sullivan’s script reveals that the particularities of “Romeo and Juliet” strike home for Dan in a way he never anticipated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2024
Rarely does a question from an audience member strike home.
From Salon ● May 15, 2023
Harper fired a strike home to Ramos, but the ball appeared to pop out as he tried to tag Mayberry at home on the rapid-fire play.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2013
As you stand at the top of the mine shaft kitted out in helmet and cap-lamp the realisation that this is no Disney-like simulation starts to strike home.
From BBC ● May 6, 2013
There is a shrewdness, although deficient in delicacy, in the Scottish proverbs; they are idiomatic, facetious, and strike home.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Isaac Disraeli
