9 sentences with 'struck'

Example sentences and phrases with the word struck and other words derived from it.

« Despite his great affability, he struck me as someone not to be trifled with. »
« The surgeon struck a vigorous blow on the flat surface of the knife with a stainless steel hammer. »
« The doctor struck again and again, and the wedge would not go in. »
« The pole entered the left side of the car and struck Chad in the skull, chest and abdomen. His girlfriend Kim died instantly from the blow. »
« Before he struck again, he looked down the shaft into the basement, where he caught a glimpse of a two-inch diameter pipe coming out of the plunger. »
« The lightning discharge is usually so strong that few who are directly struck by lightning live to tell the tale. But if the electricity runs out in a nearby tree or house, the victim may survive. »
« Or better yet, get in your car and close the windows. If you are struck by lightning, you will be protected from the discharge, since the current will be conducted to ground by the body of the vehicle. »
« But don't think that just because lightning has already struck your house that another one can't strike. »
« Judah was spared in part because of a plague that struck the Assyrian army, but still ended up a tributary of the Assyrians, paying annual tribute and answering to an Assyrian official. »
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