"Did it strike you that security was unusually heavy?"

"Oh, my dear, it never struck me that you could be."

Two months afterward, the boys struck that big pocket in the rock, full of virgin silver.

It was only a few minutes later that the thought struck me that the question "Which way is up?"

It doesn't strike everyone that way, but at the end of the day that's how it is for me.

The new reform strikes that balance, and will go a long way to restoring the faith of the American consumer in the financial system.

"Strikes me that there ought to be a large power feed nearby."

The voters struck that long-ignored provision earlier this month, but 38 percent of them wanted to keep it.

"Did it not strike you that Jupiter acted very peculiarly last night?"

Our plan struck that balance, but it was on a razor's edge.