strike one as being
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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
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.
Yes," the speaker observed, "the new junior does strike one as being downright stunning.
From Katherine's Sheaves by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.
It does not strike one as being a history at all,—that is, a straightforward, logical, and continuous narrative coinciding with those exemplar types of historical writing bequeathed to us by Macaulay or by Motley.
From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6 by Various
Yet when one looked more closely at him, he did not strike one as being the sort of man who would idle his life away on the pavements or in the clubs.
From A Cabinet Secret by Boothby, Guy Newell
