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strike one as

VERB
appear
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


Example Sentences

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In retrospect, such escapades may strike one as profligate.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2022

“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 idea of Atlantic salmon harvested in a West Virginia warehouse might not strike one as appealing as salmon that hails from a Norwegian fjord.

From Time • Nov. 18, 2014

The first public confession can be stirring, but the tenth is likely to strike one as the same old thing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dorigen and her husband strike one as simple, natural folk whose nice sense of honour leads them to keep their word though it were to their own hindrance.

From Chaucer and His Times by Hadow, Grace E.




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