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
"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
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
Their proceedings strike one as being extraordinarily human, while the dignity and gravity of the participants are beyond description.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir
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
