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struck home

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synonyms for struck home

On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to struck home, such as: hit where one lives, touch a nerve ending, and touch a sore spot.

How to use struck home in a sentence

Ted had that wonderful sardonic smile, particularly after one of his wry and wicked jokes struck home.
A Very Funny Man | Peter G. Peterson | December 10, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
He drew himself up, and stood still waiting till the arrow struck home.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard Kipling
Yet only for a moment; though but one arrow in a hundred struck home, here and there men were bleeding, wounded horses plunging.
God Wills It! | William Stearns Davis

That shaft struck home, and, for a moment, Sergius could find no answer.
The Lion's Brood | Duffield Osborne
Murmurs from the Amal's troops showed that these words struck home.
Theodoric the Goth | Thomas Hodgkin
Such a person, were he normal, would feel what the girl felt as the message of that noxious odour struck home to her mind.
The Beach of Dreams | H. De Vere Stacpoole

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