The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck. From LearnThat.org. [Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)]
I know these are old questions, but the title struck me this morning. From Wordnik.com. [Woman Shot, Killed In Domestic Assault - Who Cares?] Reference
Then the years-old meaning of the term struck home, and I think I gasped. From Wordnik.com. [Dark Piper]
I can only assume the title struck a chord as I know nothing else about it. From Wordnik.com. [Random Jottings of a Book and Opera Lover] Reference
The term struck Doggie's brain with a thud, like the explosive fusion of two elements. From Wordnik.com. [The Rough Road] Reference
He has been expelled from SFA Chapter LX and his name struck from the roster. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes or Villains?] Reference
The word struck like a shot upon my ear and brain. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Dilemma] Reference
"The name struck me as being funny!" was the reply. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier] Reference
To Lenox, the name struck home with a peculiar force. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Amulet] Reference
The name struck my fancy immensely, and so did the face. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular Schoolgirl] Reference
The phrase struck Granger as almost unbearably pathetic. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference
The name struck Miss Winchelsea like a blow in the face. From Wordnik.com. [The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories] Reference
In the second book the name struck me; it was that of Mrs. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Simple] Reference
The phrase struck Shelton as one that he had heard before. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Pharisees] Reference
The name struck me -- Alston -- I thought of George Alston. From Wordnik.com. [The Imaginary Marriage] Reference
The lack of defiance in her expression struck Dion forcibly. From Wordnik.com. [In the Wilderness] Reference
The phrase struck upon Norman's fancy as both amusing and sad. From Wordnik.com. [The Grain of Dust] Reference
At last a word struck him, and made his whole soul to vibrate. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time] Reference
And yet the name struck me as familiar, but slightly disguised. From Wordnik.com. [Curious, if True Strange Tales] Reference
It was the close of a sentence; but the name struck immediately upon. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of Prey] Reference
The name struck across in his brain with a pleasant, glowing tremour. From Wordnik.com. [The Octopus : A story of California] Reference
The full meaning of the phrase struck Evan's senses when he was alone. From Wordnik.com. [Evan Harrington — Complete] Reference
I started as the name struck my ear, and at once cried out in surprise. From Wordnik.com. [The House of the Wolf; a romance] Reference
Good Heaven, how did I start! the name struck my ear like a thunderbolt. From Wordnik.com. [Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World] Reference
The Englishman without another word struck him a mighty blow on the jaw. From Wordnik.com. [Tommy] Reference
Company; and -- through Evan I heard -- the Duke had his name struck off. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
But the tone with which he caught at the name struck that good gentleman. From Wordnik.com. [Roger Ingleton, Minor] Reference
She was hardly awake, but her expression struck him as very wild and piteous. From Wordnik.com. [The Marriage of William Ashe] Reference
The numismatic collection, 30,000 pieces, includes a series of the coins struck at. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
He clambered up to his seat, and without another word struck his horse with the whip. From Wordnik.com. [The Avenger] Reference
In view of what I read recently in the paper alluded to the name struck me as strange. From Wordnik.com. [The Crimson Blind] Reference
She suddenly craned her neck and listened with a grave face, and her expression struck. From Wordnik.com. [The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories] Reference
But the coins struck him as being much thinner and smaller than he had remembered them. From Wordnik.com. [Erewhon Revisited] Reference
The phrase struck her as if it was her own, and for the first time in her life she blushed. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873] Reference
"Home," she said; and the word struck across her heart and almost sent the tears to her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
If you are careful to take up enough ink no one will be able to tell what was the name struck out. From Wordnik.com. [A Set of Six] Reference
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