struck

Example Sentences

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The earthquake, which struck on Monday morning, triggered tsunami warnings in Indonesia, south of Mindanao and across Japan's Pacific coast, displacing tens of thousands of people.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

What struck me were my father’s words: “Never embarrass the family name.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

GSK last struck a deal of that size in the 2018 deal to buy Novartis out of its consumer healthcare joint venture that later would become Haleon.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

He hammered Grossman with questions about whether his wife had been drinking and racing with Erickson the night that she struck the boys with her Mercedes SUV at what experts testified was nearly 73 mph.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The clouds broke up into horsetails, the wind shifted to the east, and a heavy wind struck us.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell