strike one as being
Example Sentences
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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
The airs strike one as being very strange, and decidedly unlike the rolling songs of British music.
From Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America by Ray, G. Whitfield
"At least you agree with your friend here, that my poor brother did not strike one as being a man liable to make away with himself?"
From The Hunt Ball Mystery by Magnay, William
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
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.
