Struck

Examples

• The poor bent, enfeebled creature struck his imagination. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Then he struck gold, invested it, and came up by leaps and bounds. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• A clock in the schoolroom struck nine; Miss Miller left her circle, and standing in the middle of the room, cried-- Silence! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• As I did so I struck against an elderly, deformed man, who had been behind me, and I knocked down several books which he was carrying. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• There was no Adrian to superintend and direct, while whole flocks of the poor were struck and killed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Before I had time to feel shocked, at this, I was horror-struck by an entirely unexpected proceeding on the part of Mr. Godfrey. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Three of the weapons struck against him, and splintered with as little effect as if they had been driven against a tower of steel. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The honest face, so full of grief, and with such an imploring expression of affection and sympathy, struck his master. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She struck a light and stood startled, listening. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• How Tom, genius-like, struck out new paths, and, relinquishing the old names of the letters, called U _bell_ and P _bottle_. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• A groom took the cutter to the stables, and Archer struck through the park to the high-road. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Henry Crawford was as much struck with it as any. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• If I had not been what you make me out to be,' he struck in, skilfully changing the form of words, 'would you still have hated me? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It has struck nine, sir. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She struck her hands together in despair. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Seven o'clock struck; Dr. Bretton was come; my godmother and I went down. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I think you must have seen that I was struck with those charms on the day when I waited at the Whytorseller. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I will say, then, that we have seen him two or three times, and that my friends here are very much struck with his gentlemanlike appearance. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• He declared himself entirely at her disposal: the adventure struck him as diverting. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Shadows, dark and heavy, struck again and again across the place where the heart of the moon had been, obliterating it altogether. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Oh dear me, I must get some string, or silk, or—Oh, she cried, struck with a sudden thought, have you a knife? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• You have struck it dead, I think, and I sometimes almost wish you had struck me dead along with it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• When they heard the news, one was too ill to move; the other made his helot guide him to the battle, and there struck blindly until he was killed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I certainly was rather struck and surprised with her manner that dayits womanliness made me smile. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• And he struck the Peer twice over the face with his open hand and flung him bleeding to the ground. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The instant my eyes rested on her, I was struck by the rare beauty of her form, and by the unaffected grace of her attitude. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The only circumstance in connection with them that at all struck me was that the seal lay tidily in the tray with the pencils and the wax. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The pride of the race was struck down as the first-born of Pharaoh. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The woman fixed a wild and startled look on Tom, as if a new thought had struck her; and then, heavily groaning, said, O God a' mercy! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Just as a church clock in the distance struck the quarter past, we turned into the Forest Road. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

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