At noon the three kings of file silks struck with their full force, in a final blow. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when Minli thought about Dragon, waiting for her patiently, it was as if she had been struck. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She filled the stove with things to burn and then she struck a match. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

And yet I knew that in 1859 we were enslaved and in 1865 we were not, and what happened to us in those years struck me as having some amount of import. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The instant the pebble struck the surface of the sand, the desert floor erupted. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It struck me that the worst possible thing had happened. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the other side struck us, the wind from the opposite direction. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lay there for nearly an hour, until the sun struck through the branches above them. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of us ever struck each other or another child after that. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they raced across the county road and onto the wheel tracks that led to their own home draw the water struck them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve engaged him to sign up with us. Seems to me we struck lucky a coming here.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Nettle struck a match and held it up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

One of them still clutching the hand of bridge he was playing when the shell struck. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I stopped as though struck by a shot, deeply inhaling, remembering, my mind surging back, back. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shared vision expressed in their drawings struck him as being too sober and monumental. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Being struck by lightning is one of the top causes of accidental death in this area.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was struck for the first time by the spectacle of him—this strange mix-of-everything man. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He struck out through the young corn, headed for the cabin. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The automatic entrance doors slid open, and a blast of cold air struck my face. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

With feline speed he had leapt across the lifeboat and struck me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They passed Buck Hill and Brandy Hall on their left, and on the outskirts of Bucklebury struck the main road of Buckland that ran south from the Bridge. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t even struck the floor before Inej was backing up. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The story droned on, speeded up for the attack, grew sad over the wounds, struck a dirge at the burials on the great plains. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they arrive in New York, Bailey is immediately struck by how strange everything looks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But the issue still struck her as unimportant. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The knowledge struck him with a numbing shock. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Six of the seven reached the top, but during the descent a severe storm struck the upper slopes of K2, pinning the climbers in their high camp at 26,250 feet. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Over the water, spray struck her face, hands, and feet Tally knelt, grasping the edge of the board with wet hands, flying as low as she dared. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

However, Meggie gave a warning cry, and the lizard darted away so fast that the tip of the blade struck the stones. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

What struck him now was the realization that, in a winding and utterly unpredictable way, he might have accomplished his goal. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

After the third asking Tehlu sprang across the line and he struck each of them a great blow, driving them to the ground. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Somewhere outside the museum, a clock struck twelve. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I stayed well out in the lake, rowing awhile, then resting and holding the oars so that the wind struck the blades. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They’re near the river’s edge and there’s a forked tree just this side of them along the riverbank, bleached and leafless, like it maybe once got struck by lightning. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Seven minutes until the Say-So show, so she figured she may have struck out this time. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden her hand slipped down the handle, struck the tang of the blade, and slid down the blade. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struck out and felt his claws score deeply along the back and haunch. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wolf struck at the stones again and again. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Baugi struck again with the auger, but the snake was gone, and he flung the drill from him angrily and heard it clatter on the rocks below. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

New Guineans told me similarly about dozens of rock types in their environment and each type’s hardness, color, behavior when struck or flaked, and uses. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The white part of the room got calmer the more serious it got, but a tongue storm struck the Negroes like wind among palm trees. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Promises were struck: “Y’all follow us with the truck We’ll enroll in school... talk to the principal for me, okay? ... See you in New York.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She struck at it until it fell away. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

By-and-by, however, as I was curious to know how time was passing, I struck a match, and by its flame looked at my watch; it was within a few minutes of midnight. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I struck boldly and not as the papers say. I walked with a firm step through a thousand of his friends, was stopped, but pushed on,” Booth writes. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

It struck Toby that she probably had smelled as badly as he did. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The latch clicked and the door swung slowly open, moving in a slow arc until it struck the wall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He struck her in the face with his clenched fist and she fell among the boulders, and he kicked her in the side. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smiling as he did whenever he was about to reveal a wonderful secret, Father struck a match and put it to the top of the second white box. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

If it had struck the end of the world, I’d have stayed as I was. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at his bare hairy chest and his new beard and his torn slippers, and suddenly his mortality—their mortality—struck her with a clutch at her throat, a squeeze of alarm. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It struck around the 94th floor, and smoke and flames were immediately seen pouring from the building. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Surely, when the thunder struck them again they would vibrate, tremble and shatter, till warm shards, sharp as icicles, fell flashing down from the ruins. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But while I waited it struck me that we’d returned to native bonobo territory. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered if he had been struck blind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But instead he swung it in a sudden arc and struck the bandit full in the face. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She thought again of the bargain she and Baaz had just struck, the time she had left to complete her mission. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I was immediately struck by the number of young Englishmen dotted about; all well dressed, all looking a little hungry and all talking in low earnest voices to solid and prosperous Americans. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She was only standing, weaving from side to side, her eyes fixed upon a nothingness in the wall as if they had struck her a terrible blow upon the head. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

It struck his shoulder lightly, then bounced to the floor. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I scooted across the wooden sidewalk until I struck a lamppost. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It struck him as curious that you could create dead men but not living ones. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

His eyes were open and had blinked once before the high gong struck. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The words Father, Mother, Ravi, India, Winnipeg struck me with searing poignancy. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

At that time in my life, when I was so struck by diminished family closeness and the necessity of public life, church was a place unlike any other. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

What really struck Ellsberg was that government leaders seemed to have learned nothing from three years of failure in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Definitely,” said Snape, and even with his poorly cut hair and his odd clothes, he struck an oddly impressive figure sprawled in front of her, brimful of confidence in his destiny. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But it struck him that he ought to find a good place for the lean-to and so he decided to look around first. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a crowd of men came swarming over the rocks and struck down the heads of the two young men and then the head of the old man. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We brought out a battery radio for reports, since the power would go off if Donna struck. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed him back and struck again—slashing Riptide across his breastplate so hard I cut a gash in the Celestial bronze. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

And within months of her starting the job, tragedy struck: Harold Washington abruptly had a heart attack and died at his desk, thirty minutes after holding a press conference about low-income housing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

By the time Tali came out to the stable yard to fetch their breakfast supplies, Kaede was sweating and famished, her right shoulder aching, and still the arrow had not struck the target. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Standing engulfed in the fumes filling the hall, it struck me that I couldn't realistically reject the job. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He offered a lopsided smile, then struck up a candy cigarette for the walk back to the moped. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mark’s suddenly struck by shame as he realizes the kid’s still out there—he’s six feet beyond Alec’s reach, the water slamming into his side, rising and rising, splashing up into his frightened face. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A church bell struck ten times and I shivered. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been watching Captain Bugloss and he struck me as a nice enough fellow, conscientious and a bit weak and rather harassed by having more to do than he could really cope with. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Wait a minute!’ cried Sam, struck by an idea suggested by firewood. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But right now he was struck with the thought that maybe he'd lost them because the blessings had all come true. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

One by one they crossed, and one by one Tehlu struck them down with the hammer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Gendy, he sawed the blade into the flesh and struck a bone. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The pillow struck the wall and burst, scattering stuffing everywhere just as Dolorous Edd Tollett poked his head through the door. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As he struck up the first notes, a sigh of pleasure came from Papa Bellini and he settled back on the stool with his eyes closed. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that the decision to send the delegation rendered him unpopular, that it struck most observers as an act of political suicide, only confirmed for him that it must be right. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Broadside on, the punt struck gently against two of the piers and stopped, pinned squarely across the mouth of one of the central culverts. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to keep awake, and succeeded for a while; but when the clock struck twelve it waked me from a doze, so I must have been falling asleep. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Faber sprang up, as if he had been struck. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I doubted I could explain it to someone like Margo, but drawing circles through life struck me as a kind of reasonable insanity. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

His timing turned out to be flawless, for the catastrophe that had struck him that afternoon had plowed under the entire nation. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truck was swaying from one side of the road to the other, spinning up rocks and gravel that struck the underside of the truck. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Headmaster, while I was at Repton, struck me as being a rather shoddy bandy-legged little fellow with a big bald head and lots of energy but not much charm. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

When wall-closing time rolled around, he started looking for signs of Grievers, was struck by an icy hesitation at every corner. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She was particularly struck by his manner of considering Mr. Elton’s house, which, as well as the church, he would go and look at, and would not join them in finding much fault with. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Desperate to hold on to its young people, the Catholic Church struck an agreement with the Nazi government. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

If my poor husband was alive and I told him what you did he’d say you struck a blow, Frank McCourt, struck a blow. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Six out of every seven people struck down by tuberculosis in Chicago were black. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He imagined it circling end over end, its pages fluttering like wings, until it struck, oh, say, Deacon Hurd, just on the side of his nose. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

A third arrow struck a tree trunk near my head. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She read the Qur’an and was struck by its power and lyricism. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The ten-inch-tall doll glared at me, climbed atop my foot, and struck a pose. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The strangeness of my situation struck me anew—I was a man born old at midnight into a new life. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry hardly noticed the sound of shattering glass; he felt disoriented, dizzy; being struck by a lightning bolt must be something like this. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She struck the bird a mortal blow and dropped with it to the ground. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Henry put the paper in the ashtray and struck the match. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“The possibility of being attacked is extremely low. So is getting struck by lightning. But when lightning strikes, don’t run around your backyard and stand next to the flagpole.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Kvothe’s voice struck the air like a commandment, and in the stillness that followed, his words were sharp and angry. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He heard the “tramp, tramp” of the sentry and the thudding of the pikestaff as it struck the stone when the sentry turned at the wall of the house. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I crawled in the tent after her and was immediately struck by how empty it was. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

As she started after him something struck her hoot and she looked around to see Zit, Zat, and Sister at her heels. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It struck Dell as ironic that there were kids who didn't go to school, and they would be punished for not attending with the threat of being kicked out altogether. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Why should his knees give way when the blow struck his jaw? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has often struck me that even though modern Americans don’t ever need to grow, hunt, or gather our own food, a lot of us still do. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Geiger and Marsden recorded the particles’ scattering by observing the flash, or scintillation, produced whenever one struck a glass plate coated with zinc sulfide. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“You never struck me as the running away sort.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The boy hunched down as if struck, making Tyrion fed absurdly guilty. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Nhamo labored for several days, but one morning the lonely-sickness struck her with such force, her spirit felt like it was being circled by hyenas. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My head is jerked to one side, my cheek on fire before I even realize she's struck me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Wintergreen struck open a water pipe while digging in one of his holes and almost drowned to death before he was fished out nearly unconscious. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Something about that phrase—“peak of their careers”—struck his imagination. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three hours before, two fans had been struck by lightning, and thirty minutes after that, a bump had occurred near the face. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Kino’s hand leaped to catch it, but it fell past his fingers, fell on the baby’s shoulder, landed and struck. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two kicks later I struck what seemed to be a wall of blubber. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I struck a match and tossed it in, started a giant flame on the paper that quickly jumped to the wood. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

This was a wonderful gift, no doubt, and yet of what use was a sword when the creature to be struck by it could turn the swordsman into stone before he was within striking distance? Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lunged, and his stick struck my breastbone painfully. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, that struck her as horrifically amusing. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He was struck down by a ten-ton cement truck and died instantly of a massive skull fracture on the Norvelt road early in the morning on June 24. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was the middle of a peaceful dog watch when danger struck. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stepped back and lined up a picture of Victor, who struck a pose and smiled. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her arms instinctively crossed over her chest, where he often struck her first. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I was struck by how sincere he seemed, but I had had enough. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“That would’ve been a lot of fun imagining them all burning to death when the flares struck.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It struck the mercenary in the mouth and shattered. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Without warning, something struck him on the ear, barely hard enough to sting. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Noah, you’ve been accused of murder. You used witchcraft to kill David Kibuuka by causing him to be struck by lightning.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“As surely, saith Descartes, as if we were struck in the face.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The spring beloved of poets, Hippocrene, on Helicon, the Muses’ mountain, had sprung up where his hoof had struck the earth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tents and marquees within the yard were struck and bundled into carts. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I spent three hours in conversation with him and was struck by his sophistication and willingness to listen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the petitioners, an infamous do-gooder of uncertain sanity named Warner Mifflin, had actually acknowledged that his antislavery vision had come to him after he was struck by lightning in a thunderstorm. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

From somewhere across the city, a church bell struck the half hour. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The brother Muslim and I both were struck by the cordial hospitality of the people in Frankfuit. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The yams, some bubbling with syrup, lay on a wire rack above glowing coals that leaped to low blue flame when struck by the draft of air. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

During my first months in school, I remember being struck by the fact that—although they worshipped in English—the nuns and my classmates shared my family’s religion. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were wide and terrified as the crazily rolling beam of light struck his face; the handcuffs slid back and forth on his wrists as he reached back for his older brother. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And then she took herself in hand and said, in a voice that cracked with self-control, "Now, now. No need to be hasty. I am certain that a deal can be struck between us." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at the Rockies from my bedroom window and was struck by how implausible they seemed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

My head ached as though I had been struck a blow. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

This beam struck the glass roof of the greenhouse. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He watched silently for a while, and then some aspect of Boobie’s play struck him again. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the door shut behind us, the music struck up again, and the dancing carried on. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the door was not locked; it swung inward; the blast of heat struck them. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And anyone who saw it would be struck with love. I could give you a magical blade that cuts through starlight.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was a miracle no one else in their little group had been struck by a dart. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Sitting down in front of a stranger struck him as uncomfortable, if not a tad dramatic. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But after a dazed second she sighted the bobbing piece of wood and instinctively struck out after it in vigorous strokes that set her blood moving again. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

A horrible thought struck Harry, as horrible thoughts always do when you’re very nervous. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Instead, Hong swung his shovel and struck Shin in the back, knocking him to the ground. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

That struck me as odd, and I often wondered why people were so mysterious or obnoxious when they talked about this subject. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The clock on the mantelpiece struck ten o’clock. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When the shoes first fell from the sky, he remembered thinking that destiny had struck him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

When the golden carp appeared Cico struck with his spear and the water ran blood red. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nugent had arrived in Oxford the previous evening, an hour or two before the flood struck the city. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

And just as suddenly the horror of what he was doing struck him. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Enrique is struck by the magic of the train—its power and its ability to take him to his mother. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

We presented our muskets, and the men, struck with fear, held back. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She struck Ron hard across the head with her stone arm, and he crashed to the floor — Hermione screamed but stayed on her square — the white queen dragged Ron to one side. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He was pushed again and I struck out with my right and caught him in the mouth. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mom wiped her hands on the back of her jeans and tucked her hair behind her ears, and Eleanor was struck, for the ten-thousandth time, by how beautiful she was. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Then a new thought struck him: maybe that’s why the dog ran after him this morning. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

There was only one occasion, Jefferson confided, when a decision by Adams struck him as “personally unkind.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

If he struck at Asmodeus, he would be crushed to death against the walls by the powerful lashing coils of the adder in its death throes. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Cupid’s dart had struck me, kindling a flame in my heart and all my parts. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They were brittle and peeling—smaller than I remembered, too—and looking at them now, as an almost adult, it struck me how blatant the fakery was. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She had always struck him as a mousy little thing, cute even, but not a girl he’d thought much about, beyond the baseline of teenage hormones that made anything female worth looking at. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A year later British forces struck even harder, overwhelming the Cherokee and destroying their capital, Etchoe. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

In years to come people would call the outbreak of firepox that struck Ketterdam the Queen’s Lady Plague, after the ship believed to have brought the contagion to the city. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

What struck him was the pattern of deception—and how clearly it was documented. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Affection and the expression of emotions struck him as signs of inferiority. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the ‘thou shalt’ that struck me, because it was a promise that Cain would conquer sin.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And when fear struck her, she did unbelievable things. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The blackness of the night and the chilled mist struck him and enfolded him. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later, the Taliban struck again. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Marguerite falls back as if I have struck her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The players scrambled for their instruments and struck up a wavering tune while Hamlet dashed among the crowd, trying in his manic way to restore their festive spirits. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He’d struck too low, and even in my terror I understood that he would always strike too low: he fought by instinct, blind mechanism ages old. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, I’d noticed the same foot movement myself, but what had struck me was that each time he stamped the foot back down again, flecks of mud flew up around his shins. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, it struck me that for a whole night, we were living with a dead body in our garage! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The thing that now suddenly struck Winston was that his mother’s death, nearly thirty years ago, had been tragic and sorrowful in a way that was no longer possible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I instinctively struck out and felt my fist land on his chin. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had struck root in Joe’s establishment, by reason of my sister’s sudden fancy for him, or I should have tried to get him dismissed. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

From there it was easy: ledge to beam to lower ledge, and down with a dull clang as her bare feet struck the roof of a massive tank. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He had to fan on it blow on it He made the nest ready again, held the hatchet backward, tensed, and struck four quick blows. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not mean to kill the poor musician; he just struck out on the impulse of the moment without thinking, hardly aware of his strength. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at the mouth of the harbor where it opened out to the sea a heavy wind blowing landward struck them and they could make no headway against it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clock struck ten, loudly, and before the sound of the last stroke had died away Stuart saw two gleaming yellow eyes peering out from behind the sofa. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The tin roof rattled as something struck it. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

As I take the pot down to the stream, I'm struck by how brutally hot it is. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Again came the blank of a pause: the clock struck eight strokes. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And then it struck the first man it came to. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

That’s exactly when the driver’s side of the car lurched downward sharply and the axle struck against something hard, with a grating, metallic clang. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In Plaszów I was a rich man, which suddenly struck me as funny. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, I was much less struck by the satiric implications of the picture than I was by the quality of workmanship that had gone into it. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

At first, my father simply doubled over under the blows, but then he seemed to break in two like an old tree struck by lightning. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard it again and again, followed by cries of pain from those who were not killed when burning pieces of lead struck them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was struck by a wave of nausea and had to immediately cover my face with my hands and concentrate on my breathing. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

The school band struck up a march and all classes filed in as had been rehearsed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was pitched nearly out, but grabbed hold on the mast-staff before the next breaker struck. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Another match was struck; the candle was lit again, and Gregory held it up so that its flame illuminated a massive, towering, teetering pile of spoons and kettles and soup bowls. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Pippin made no answer, but clutched his cloak, as if a sudden chill had struck him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Comprehension dawned slowly on Colonel Cathcart; when it came, he was struck dumb. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The stranger rabbits seemed slightly disconnected by his little speech and he felt that for some reason or other he had not struck the right note in complimenting them on their numbers. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lady Meng and Yishan crouched next to her, and when the soldiers struck at the door of the gate, they all clutched one another. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He was just settling himself to begin when the clock struck six, whereupon he laboured to get up, and said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It struck Jon as odd that there were no king’s men about the king, but that seemed to be the way of it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She said quietly, “When the human to be struck is merely another robot.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

A moment later, I spotted the young Mr Cardinal not far away, still standing on his own, and it struck me the young gentleman might be feeling somewhat overawed in the present company. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

And she was struck by the realization that, if she chose, she could slip out night after night without their knowing. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sefia was struck by his thinness, as if he had wasted away down here, and all he had to hold himself up now was the broom he clung to like a walking stick. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

For a while sheer anger mastered me; it was as if he had during her life struck Lucy on the face. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

If she struck the ground with her staff, she might damage the statue. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The barge in front of them had two crossed spars above the door, just as Dimarion had described when they’d struck up the alliance between the Crux and the Current. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Every instinct of the ghetto jungle streets, every hustling fox and criminal wolf instinct in me, which would have scoffed at and rejected anything else, was struck numb. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one else struck out the rest of the inning. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He indicated a post that was in fact signless and looked momentarily struck. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Five hundred gallons of water struck me like a great fist, knocking me back a step and soaking me through to the skin. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She struck me another blow on my head with the back of her hand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again and again his feet struck the rocky bot-. tom, and pain shot up his legs. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He climbed through into a dark room and struck a match. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was gazing at the sparks flying from the garbage can when suddenly I was struck by a harrowing thought. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Drum went lower into the bushes just as a 110-mile-an-hour wind struck. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He launched one bangle over your head, and as you slowly raised your hands to try to catch it, he sent the other flying so fast, it struck you before tinkling to the floor. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Some struck the lark in feathers Whose puffing clouds were shed off. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clock had indeed struck eleven and there, standing in the doorway, were Rab and Cilia. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other Marines, lifting their glasses, thundered, “The Corps!” and the band struck up the Marine Corps hymn. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart misgave; a sudden fear struck me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

This struck a lot of people as a good deal, and they swarmed to the Holy Land, often slaughtering fellow Christians on the way. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

He fought them, one man against a whole company, and his flying spear struck down warrior after warrior. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kit hesitated, and all at once the memory struck her funny, too. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And in that heartbeat of a moment between the thought and the spoken word, it struck Cara that Mr. Larson didn’t have to be doing or saying any of this. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The words struck into her understanding like lead shot dropped in water. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It struck me as a singular implication that you couldn’t be out of a counting-house, you know, and look about you; but I silently deferred to his experience. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

If so, he had been wrong....Snape had seen to that....Snape, the sleeping snake, who had struck at the top of the tower... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And then Adelaide’s mother was opening the door, and she smiled at Hazel, and Hazel was struck by how easy a thing it seemed for her to do. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Also, instead of approving the idea of an unlimited number of games, it narrowed the number to thirty-six—which struck Bobby as an outrageously small number if draws weren’t going to count. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The sight of his human face inside the wolf’s gullet struck the children as hilarious; all three of them burst out laughing. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He swung the ancient sword high and struck at the giant adder. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

According to the highway patrol, Wick drifted off the road, over-corrected to get back onto the road, and was struck at high speed by a pickup coming from the other direction. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Although I struck my head rather painfully against the cart, I cried pleasantly from the floor, “You win, sir.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My plan, which struck me as very slick, was to pull my arm out of my sleeping bag and put it into hers, and then hold her hand. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The air was so cold, it was chiming like a struck tuning fork. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

One day that September, the undercover operative who was pretending to be an insurance salesman stopped at a filling station in Fairfax and struck up a conversation with a woman working there. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It must have happened when the metal struck the desk, for suddenly I was leaning toward him, shouting with outrage. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

One ball split the paper window and struck against the hearth with a hard, shattering crack. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He repositioned the nest, made a new and smaller dent with his thumb, and struck again. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I went about, the hurly-burly world of countless people, buildings, and wares struck me with even greater force. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Some days he had headaches that, he said, "gave me a feeling as if I had been struck a light blow with a hammer." Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We met a cowering cooey And struck him through the vitals. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he soared up out of a dive with wide wings white against the gray, something blade hurtled at him and struck. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It is tender where Eric’s gun struck me— I will have to put healing salve on it so it doesn’t bruise. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The final decision to build a new cathedral was made in the year 1252, after lightning struck and severely damaged the old cathedral. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

Dedication Day was only a month away, and Harry Codman was again ill, incapacitated by the same stomach problem that had struck him during the summer. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I turned at Allen’s Market and the blast of wind struck me in the face. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instinctively he lashed out with his free paw and struck Bull Sparra in the eye. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes briefly, as if to hide from the world the exasperation with which the man’s words struck him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it did not seem to matter where she struck him, though; sometimes he went where he would and took her with him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t even realize she is sobbing because she is as struck as that deer. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She struck the match and lit the check and put it in the shovel, and then the envelope, and watched them burn. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next twelve days, American bombers struck Hanoi and Haiphong with twenty thousand tons of explosives. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

As he was exiting, an empty beer can struck the door frame near his earring. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her husband was struck with madness and killed their son, Melicertes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Children’s Crusade struck him as only slightly more sordid than the ten Crusades for grown-ups. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man swung the loose end of the chain, and it struck the boy’s father across the face. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead the bird struck his temple and slid hot and greasy down his face, and he had to hunker down and stretch for it with fetters clanking. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A bullet struck the top of the boulder and ricocheted off. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I leaped up, hardly knowing where I was, struck my head on the low ceiling, and sat down again. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

When he reached the little cleft where the road came through, the afternoon wind struck him and blew up his hair and ruffled his shirt. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

While wandering aimlessly about the streets of Memphis, gaping at the tall buildings and the crowds, killing time, eadng bags of popcorn, I was struck by an odd and sudden idea. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kelli struck so fast, Percy didn’t have the chance to raise his sword. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It struck Chester what a funny but likable expression the mouse’s face always wore. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Supreme Court struck down this basic requirement as “unrealistic.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Finding one, I knelt down by the fire and struck a match against it. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard something metal struck to the floor in clattering pieces. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had been struck by the bridge and the blow had sent him flying. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Disaster struck when I foolishly stubbed the tip of my nib into the top of the desk. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Were there any of the ’shapers that struck you as weird or off?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He ran panting, grimacing with the cold air that struck deep into his lungs, hoping, praying that Malaga was not lost. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He swung the door open, and it clanged as it struck the wall. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Hazel was struck by how beautiful she looked, without her scowl and the creases in her brow. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But there was one in particular that struck me more than the others, and the funny thing is, I’m not really sure why. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was loud grumbling, and even shouts of protest, but his actions—though nothing was ever proven to be in the air— struck me as totally sensible. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a final burst of speed, the horse of the Horned King plunged ahead; the animal’s flanks bore against Melyngar, who reared furiously and struck out with her hoofs. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

When he reached the boxes and picked them up, he was struck by how light they were. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The heavy slug struck him in the shoulder and flattened and tore out a piece of his shoulderblade. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he struck the lighter to the rich tinder the fire crackled instantly and he knew that it would not last long. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

His father, who’d owned a movie theater in Kabul, was telling Baba how, three months before, a stray bullet had struck his wife in the temple and killed her. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Harry,” said Hagrid abruptly as though struck by a sudden thought. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I can’t leave yet, because I’m struck by David’s stone eyes. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He sprinted on down, and he might have been there on time if he hadn’t been struck by something about as expected as a megalosaurus lumbering up Parker Head. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I can’t get it out,” Ana said in frustration, and Ash put her hands over her head, backing away until her hip struck the doorway to the kitchen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaped on the demon and struck him with his forge hammer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, like a bolt of lightning, the thing on the panga struck. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This Ford Taurus was struck by the Jeep and then apparently spun around and was hit again by a third car. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yeah, that Makalu dude struck me as pretty weird.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She got the flashlight from the truck and struck out for the wall, while June, Rosaleen, and I hurried to keep pace. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thin ray of sun struck the prisms of a candelabrum on the mantelpiece, throwing brilliant, trembling shards of light that were distorted by the slant of the dormer walls. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It seems so unfair that a whole family like this is struck by one disease, Farmer laments. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Booth struck the bar table with his fist and regretted a lost opportunity. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stood looking at the building rising above us, the liquid dark of the oil simmering dully in the stray flecks of light that struck their pails, bent forward, their shoulders bowed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered up half a dozen of the fence posts and brought them around to the front of the mausoleum, where a thought struck him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Biddy waggle her fingers closer, and Mama Duck hiss through the hole in her beak and struck her head out like a snake trying to bite Biddy’s fingers. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Ah!” he cried, as though he had been struck. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now that he had seen and heard the man himself, that struck him as a very bad idea. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then came another flash of lightning, and this time the jagged fork struck down direct from the thunderhead at one of the zeppelins. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It struck me then that I was injuring- him again. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man struck a match and held a light for him, but he struck his own match and ignored the offered flame. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then, suddenly—as though the same thought had struck them all simultaneously—there was silence. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did not surprise her to learn that Robb had struck at the heart of Lannister power, clearly he had been contemplating just that when he sent her away to treat with Renly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Even my brother, who had a smartass remark for everything, was struck dumb. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said he, “that thought has this moment struck me.” Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was struck by the openness of the discussion between Granny and Mrs. Smith. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the house came the sound of a pistol-shot; the glass of the window was shattered with a bullet, which, ricochetting from the top of the embrasure, struck the far wall of the room. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Wind-whipped granules of ice and snow struck the climbers’ faces with violent force, lacerating their eyes and making it impossible to see where they were going. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He calmed himself with the knowledge that if lighting struck, the tower’s steel frame would most likely conduct the electricity harmlessly into the ground. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d read somewhere that lightning struck up, not down—moved from the ground up. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jay stood back from me in case God struck me down for lying. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He watched and, as she pulled down her skirt and lifted her tunic, was struck by how different his sister looked, in moonlight, in a lifeboat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In early 1865, Illinois struck down its Black Laws and became the first state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, which enshrined in the Constitution the end of slavery. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Kaz had crouched down, turning all the keys, trying to get all the dogs waddling at the same time, and the boy selling them had struck up a conversation with Jordie. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A hand somewhere struck the gramophone arm and sent the silver needle on its way through the whirling, black grooves, like something bobbing, anchorless, in the middle of the sea. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Even my hat would go; its green was sun-faded and brown, like a leaf struck by the winter's snows. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shrews struck down the enemy guards as Sparra braves released the prisoners’ bonds with short slashes of their sharp beaks. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then I heard the drone of an aircraft I took a deep breath and struck the next to last match. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It looked big, and it had four legs,” said Harry, struck by a sudden thought and lowering his voice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then, keeping her other arm out of the way with his other elbow, he leaned forward, picked up the hammer, and struck the golden bell a light, smart tap. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Charles moved close and struck him in the face with his bat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we enrolled in Toussaint L’Ouverture Grammar School, we were struck by the ignorance of our schoolmates and the rudeness of our teachers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was struck most forcefully by the discrepancy between my old assumptions and my actual experience. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with these words he took a match out of the box, struck it, and popped the flame into his open mouth. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He claimed that during this tussle Lyon struck him on the head with a schoolbook. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I broke away from him and began to run as the clock struck midnight. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

After which the sight of her bare blue ankles and slender calves struck him with a deep allure, so that he blushed and looked away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But as boys went, Mayor struck me as the harmless sort. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

His quickness and address struck everyone favorably, and so an old clockmaker eagerly agreed to take him on—especially when he told him that he had already served Mr. Lapham two years. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Sophie had struck the stony wall of the cave, she would most certainly have been killed. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their blades struck and warded and struck again with such speed that the eye could scarcely see them. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her leg was going to be painful; already it was red and swollen where the car had struck it, and a dark, massive bruise was forming. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held the cold, limp hand that had thrown the pitch that had struck out Willie Mays, that had betrayed the old man’s stoic ways by giving him a squeeze. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

One army abandons the field almost immediately after the first blow has been struck; its opponents declare victory and are rapidly joined by deserters from the other side. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Skinny arms struck inconsequential blows at Bull’s legs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yellow teeth bared, she launched herself at Con’s horse, who reared and struck at her with his iron-shod hooves. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then the most terrible thought struck me: What if Martin is dead? I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Right at the bottom of the stairs, right before she started to climb, Raymie was struck with a sudden, piercing moment of disbelief. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The cat struck back, but the tree was waving wildly, and he lost his grip with the movement, and fell. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I struck the final killing blow, the dragon crumbled into digital dust in front of me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Harry did not ask whether Dumbledore had ever found out who struck Ariana dead. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It’s raining outside the cave, something they haven’t seen in at least three months, since the sun flares struck. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Calmly he struck a wooden match and sucked noisily at his pipe with an eloquent air of benign and magnanimous forgiveness. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“When I was 8 years old, I was struck by lightning. Part of my brain was injured, and I ended up with super number abilities.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“When I was 8, I was struck by lightning. The electricity destroyed part of this side of my brain.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lady Seymour was struck by a fever whilst visiting up in Greenwich. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

That she would leave without a parting word struck Mrs. Lawrence as being very much out of character. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And they would have struck, too, if the madwoman had not spun on one heel and taken three graceful leaps to the side. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The muvuki had provided powdered bark from a tree that had been struck by lightning. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if to answer, a hole appeared in the wall, and a narrow beam of light struck my face. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

"And if you had struck me, even by accident, you could spend twelve years in the dungeons. Did you know that?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Anyway, these two nuns were sitting next to me, and we sort of struck up a conversation. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

In a daze, I walk slowly back to the house, barely noticing that I’m being struck by tiny chunks of ice. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

This time, as God in His wisdom would have it, my head struck stone. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

So whenever people saw us, we reminded them of the massacres, and that struck fear in their hearts again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Taylor adored the Court of Honor and was struck by the oddly sober manner people adopted as they walked among its palaces. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Then Herbor fell on his knees, struck down by shame and love, and cried to Odren, “I beg you to answer my question. It is not for myself!” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She heard the hiss as it struck the coals below. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He struck up at once a harvest thanksgiving hymn, all about crops being “safely gathered in.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“You thought I would like the fact that you’ve struck up a relationship with a mentally ill person?” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

A new stab of pain struck as she realized that it didn’t matter. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Perhaps He did, but I didn’t, and the bargain we struck, actually, down there at the foot of the cross, was that He would never let me find out. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

He got up and found his overalls and searched for the legs, and then the clock in the other room struck two. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrestled it from the shocked officer’s hands and struck him with it in the head, knocking his Nazi hat into the muck, striking his raised arms again and again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

As they peeked over the bank, heat from a bonfire struck them like a train. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

And sure enough, that night the bandits struck—not the house, but the theater itself. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been hiking the trail, evidently only a couple of miles behind us, for four days, and had been camping alone in the open each night, which struck me now as awfully brave. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“They call it becoming a bat mitzvah. It isn’t something that happens to you, like getting struck by lightning.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He struck the wall one more time, only this time with an open palm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I did not realize a prisoner was close by, but more than that, there was something about this cough, something that struck me as curiously familiar. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he had gone a few paces his toe struck something hard and he reached down and felt for the handle of a suitcase on the floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he read that notion in my face; for, all at once, without speaking, he struck suddenly and strongly. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

At nightfall he went to find them and he had reached their quarters when Athena struck him with madness. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Grave struck nothing but air, she slammed the butt of the staff into his spine. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She sat as if struck in the face by the dream. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Her accuser recanted after he was struck with mysterious boils. Some said these proved his charges, while others said they were God’s punishment for his wicked lies.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But I'm struck with a thought that would knock me off my feet if I weren't already sitting. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s a big yacht— looks like it was nice and fancy before the flares struck. Now it seems like it was built a hundred years ago. Can’t believe it floats, much less runs.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As the body was consumed by flames, Kami’s mother wailed inconsolably and struck her head with a sharp rock. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Executioner seemed to absorb all the light that struck it, like a shadow in the captain’s hand. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There’s a woman who genuinely feels that Satan struck her at the checkout line in the supermarket, filling her with the urge to steal. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Shorty struck a match on his zipper and casually flipped it at the two markers, which exploded into flame. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crazy Horse struck one down with his war club. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I struck a few quiet chords, then touched the pegs, tuning it ever so slightly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

What had struck me most vividly were the striped zebras that looked as if someone had painted them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The monster’s fist immediately lashed out and struck the stone hearth from its foundations, the brick chimney tumbling down on top of it in a loud clatter. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

No one has ever described to me what happened when Shawn’s head struck that second time. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I struck the ledger with two fingers, hard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had been struck with a sudden and mysterious sickness. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

One after another, thin jets of warm water struck Laila’s hair, then her palm when she raised it to shield her face. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Are you serious? The idea has always struck me as ridiculous.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She was struck by the word, by the irredeemable Americanness of it. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I tell him no and am struck that this is the first time ever he has called me by my first name. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was struck by the ease and swiftness of its flight. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, the prince’s father, the knight, was struck down in battle. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

This struck him as an intractable problem, for a variety of reasons. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Sparks flew so heavily that several of them skittered and jumped on the sand beneath the rock and he smiled and struck again and again. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Disappointed in its plainness, Tree-ear was ready to turn away when a thought struck him. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Halfway through the journey back, the uncles fell upon Ditshabe and struck him with some rocks that they had picked up in the bush. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Corax agreed to take Tisias on as a pupil, and the deal they struck was what may have been the first no-win, no- fee agreement in legal history. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Reynie was so struck by it that instead of saying hello, he asked, “Are you all right, sir?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A band struck up a martial tune, the lines were cast off, and the Manhattan began to back slowly out into the Hudson. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The big gun detonates a third time, and glass shatters somewhere close by, and torrents of soot rattle down the chimney, and the walls of the hotel toll like a struck bell. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Yet it’s always struck me how inconsistent these various authors have been in their use of large numbers. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gathered up their tools while Mother struck up a conversation with Mrs. Gates. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

And the stone that David slung struck Goliath on his forehead; the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face on the ground, the boy thought. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It struck Cluny squarely under the chin, the sharp metal edge causing a long slash. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The beast’s snarl turned into a whimper; Con ripped his weapon out and struck again, drops of hot blood stinging his hands. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

On the night of June 13, just after nine o’clock, another abrupt storm had struck the fairgrounds, and this one also seemed to single out the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He ground his teeth and was silent: he arrested his step and struck his boot against the hard ground. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

My dad winces a little, like my words have struck him. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Fence cutters struck under the cover of night, snipping through barbed wire and spurring the cattle to stampede into the fields. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

"No, he says he stole them, but I think it was—" She stepped toward him and struck him across the face. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The blow struck Ralph's spear and slid down, to fall agonizingly on his fingers. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“When the Betsy struck, and we launched the boats, I headed straight out from land.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of her new weapons, Nhamo’s food supply grew smaller as the dry season struck with full force. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing missing from the councilman’s performance, it now struck C.P., was the word. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Puffs of light struck the sails and drifted down to the deck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Light from the door struck gray in his temples. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before leaving I had a conversation with some other people in the township, one of whom struck me as an undercover policeman. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It struck them how familiar each other’s stories were. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He struck a match, intending to smoke a cigarette, but something seen by the light of the flaring match brought him to his feet and carried him across the barn to a cow stall. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lost control and struck her in the face, knocking her against the wall. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She struck him repeatedly until he stopped moving. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she got up, she was struck by a powerful rush of cold air. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

When he had seen Victoria Pappas looking like page 8, what had struck Lefty most acutely was the distance between her and his boyhood ideal. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, behind closed doors, a face-saving deal had quickly been struck. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Of two evils, she chose the one that struck her as the lesser. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They concluded that lightning had struck a lump of sandstone on the ground; the idea of rocks falling from outer space was simply ridiculous. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Tying the pillowcase bundle to his pole, he hefted it across his good shoulder and struck off boldly through Mossflower towards the north-east. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Joseph struck the match, and soon the fire was crackling. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She didn’t look back as she struck out from under cover to join the other people on the road, but Sefia couldn’t stop herself from shuddering at Nin’s words. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

‘Dad,’ I said, ‘the storm is three kilometres away. Even if it was nearer, your chance of being struck is approximately one in three million.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the morning the terrorists struck the Twin Towers in New York, I was in the eleventh grade. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The reason behind all of those seemingly counterproductive features is that the typewriters of 1873 jammed if adjacent keys were struck in quick succession, so that manufacturers had to slow down typists. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

An easel appeared, the blackbird struck a pose, and the outdoorsy artist started painting the bird’s portrait, while humming “Blackbird” by the Beatles. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

At this point, however, Dr. Pickett and his associates struck out on a new road instead of going along with other entomologists who continued to pursue the will-o’-the-wisp of the ever more toxic chemical. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Those nearby saw in Hillari’s shoulders and eyes a flinching: she was waiting to be struck in reply. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He lashed out with his hind legs, but struck nothing. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the shot, which struck a mountain, knocked it to bits—dissolved it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At thirty her hot brown eyes had turned to agate, and her skin had taken on the sheen of maple struck down, split and sanded at the height of its green. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She struck a model’s pose and batted her eyelashes. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Third bell struck, and the room was filled with sudden noise as students stood to leave. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A crushing blow struck my chest — I felt myself flying backward, and then heard the crunch as my head bashed into the mirrors. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It struck her that she had not looked for Izzy, as if she had known already that Izzy was to blame. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When my shoulder struck the heavy metal, it felt like running into a brick wall. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

When I was in Germany, I was struck by how different my cousin Carola was from me. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Achilles had spared Priam, but Achilles’ son struck him down before the eyes of his wife and daughters. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he struck at Fiver and scratched his ear.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The driver got out and struck a match and went door to door, holding up the flame to read the numbers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He took the knife and flint from Tyrion's hands and struck sparks on his first try. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’d been struck by this picture because the guillotine looked like such a precision instrument, perfect and gleaming. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Breathless, I made my legs carry me quickly past angry white faces, dodging fists that struck out at me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

God in His wrath struck down with fire the perpetrators of lesser crimes! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But disaster struck when it was energized on November 13, 1943. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

President Kennedy’s assassination, less than two weeks ago, has struck the world dumb. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Kvothe tossed two pieces of firewood into the wheelbarrow where they struck the bottom like a muted drum. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was strolling down a poorly lit part of Newhall Lane when something blunt struck me on the back of the head and I was bundled off into a nearby alley, half-senseless. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had just begun a message to Drew when something struck the back door. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Once again, Magdalys was struck with the heart-wrenching feeling that she shouldn’t be there, shouldn’t be alive, shouldn’t be the one to get away. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Dr. Strayer says he was struck by the results: “There’s something about the phone conversation that’s really kind of unique.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He had been cut almost in half from shoulder to waist by some terrible blow struck from above. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The solution, when Root first struck it, must have seemed too simple to be real. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Some idiophones, like gongs, ring at many different pitches when they are struck. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Shy and soft-spoken, he had never struck me as the kind of person to run off. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She opened her eyes and stood straight up; all of the saints surrounded her; Gabriel stood staring, struck rigid as a pillar in the temple. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She dealt with accents that must have struck jarringly on her ears. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Figures you'd be struck dumb with that one," she said acidly, then slammed the door. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Much harden The water was running out against him, and every whitecap that struck him broadside sent water into the bottom of the boat. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“And some children have diabetes,” Ben said, “and some have leprosy, some get eaten by tigers, some are born without arms, some get struck by lightning, and some use leaves for toilet paper.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They struck as they passed, their claws slicing her flesh. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The loss of food has also struck hard at the swallows that cruise the skies, straining out the aerial insects as herring strain the plankton of the sea. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a white dress and a blue cloak; I remember being struck by their pleats and folds. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It frightened her more than the dress did, more than the bargain she had struck with Sidhean. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they toured Cange in the priest’s pickup, the treeless, dusty landscape struck Farmer as “amazingly, biblically dry and barren.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Luxa should not have struck you, but your fight invited horrible death to those she loved. This is greatly felt by her, as both her parents were killed by rats.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he killed his brother, Jaime, hacking at his face until it was a red ruin, laughing every time he struck a blow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Eugenics Record Office, with its preoccupation with racial purification, and its drive to eliminate immigrants, “deviants,” and “defectives,” struck him as frankly sinister. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Caesar fought like he had struck many a white man, an impossible occurrence or else he would have been in the grave long ago. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It struck me all of a sudden that her eyes weren’t actually seeing the picture. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There Paris shot an arrow at him and Apollo guided it so that it struck his foot in the one spot where he could be wounded, his heel. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another deal was struck concerning the fate of animals such as sheep, goats, pigs and chickens. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once it had probably been a pleasant little piece of forest, but now it looked like it had been struck by a tornado. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A breeze ran through the courtyard, fluttering the leaves of the young pea plants and blowing cool across my cheek where Madam struck me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess not. So...Cupid struck you with his arrow, and you fell in love.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It struck her how quickly the meeting had unfolded, how little time it took to confirm four of her family dead. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The cables thrumming beneath the pavement struck a minor chord of suspense, and held it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“That’s not what I meant. The opposite, really. You and Adam never struck me as a ‘high-school’ relationship,” Mom said, making quote marks with her hands. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wraith struck her with its death-touched blade and the poison caused her heart to go cold. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The question struck me as strange, but he spoke in a tone that said it would be natural if I did. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many whined overhead or struck the water nearby; but there were no more hits. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I played in both losses and struck out seven times and was hit by a pitch once. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She also began to record the things that struck her as important, just as her Grandmother Clara had before her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when this cast gathers to listen to Volpe’s notes, I am always struck by how naturally they compose a picture you would want to look at. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

And at her sudden move he stepped back as though she had struck at him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless it would have struck the wall with the same fury if it had come from the imagined bow. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It suddenly struck me that the two worst social situations in middle school — dances and dodgeball — had a lot in common for guys like me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind struck on the moment we were told it would, and ripped the water like a black sheet. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her eagerness to reach her, she struck the box hard with her wings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

One of the Nazis struck him with a club, but instead of taking the beating meekly the prisoner raised his arms and grabbed the stick. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

His head struck the edge of the stage doorway with an audible thump. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hesitated for a moment over the keyboard—struck by a premonition that this was information I might regret knowing—then typed “Ruby Ridge” into the browser. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I struck some fake karate pose because I figured Roger’s gang was going to attack me for bloodying their leader. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It seems strange, don’t it, Jenny, that the sickness struck the three of them and passed over the rest of us?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the hammer head he knocked off the excess shell, and with the blade at the other end he struck off the small oysters. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were comparing details, like the way light struck a fingernail or a wrist bone, the look of a woven basket handle or a curl of hair. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I felt vaguely stunned, as if she had struck me from a blind spot. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She picked up a small ax kept by the woodstove and struck French with its blunt end, catching him off guard and hurling him into and through the front door. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Once again I was struck by the great power of nationalism and ethnicity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One struck me on the leg and burned like a whip. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light that long ago had struck me into syncope, recalled in this vision, seemed glidingly to mount the wall, and tremblingly to pause in the centre of the obscured ceiling. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

When the candle burned away, Mr. Milgrom struck a match and said that maybe it would last for eight days, like the oil in the story. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

It struck Matt that there might not be much oxygen in the tunnel, and he hurried Maria along. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His feet struck the ground so hard I felt sorry for the black earth. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rare false note was struck when Bobby and Miyoko attended a screening of the American film Pearl Harbor. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later the second uncoupled car from the freight struck it, knocking Lupita and Salvador over on their backs. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He swung, but Celaena struck, ramming her fist into his arm, sending the blade soaring through the air. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A cold flake struck her nose, melted, fell into her fur, and froze. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After much thought, the Alvarezes concluded that the most plausible explanation–plausible to them, at any rate–was that the Earth had been struck by an asteroid or comet. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

When I was fourteen, the grand climateric struck again, and my fortunes took a turn that made me actually long for the safety and security of the Brights' home. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

For a fraction of a second they were struck silent. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I struck off toward the tree, hollering at Old Yeller to bring them along. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watches her, and watches the screen slide shut, struck by her grace in even this small gesture, learned from centuries of screens slid shut. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immersed in my own experiences, it was with horror that I heard, toward the end of my year’s travels, that yet another tragedy had struck the Dumbledores: the death of his sister, Ariana. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Returning to my office in the evening, the desolation of a little town on a frightfully hot Sunday struck me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Banga suddenly hurled a rock and struck a weaverbird just as it perched on its nest. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of line that would have struck Sierra as cocky if he hadn’t said it with such a solemn face. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The reality of the situation struck me at once, with a sharp twist in my side. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

For some reason the dust had struck that species almost as hard as it had the birds—of which almost none survived now. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Having come to Berkeley at the age of twenty-five, he was the other researchers’ contemporary, yet he struck them as older, more restless. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She struck us over and over again, raising welts all over our bodies. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He broke out a sulphur match and struck it on the block and held it away until its acrid blue flame turned yellow. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I struck a match and put it to the lamp wick. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Somewhere a clock struck midnight, and Hugo’s future seemed to fall perfectly into place. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The fourth struck one of the cage’s wooden bars, and quivered for an instant before catching fire. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He struck again with the pole, aiming for the man’s hand, and knocked the knife from his grip. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

For some reason, that impossibly clean, carefully mended, perfectly pressed T-shirt struck me dumb. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We imagined what would happen if a grease fire broke out in the kitchen, or if an electrical fire started in the basement, or if lightning struck from above. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

No lightning struck me, he said, going back to his drawing. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

A band struck up, oh Lord, “Bonny Blue Flag,” again. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his heart there was a savage violence, and once he grasped the poker from the hearth and struck down his wife. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

One thing led to another and before you knew it my big, hairy banana was whistlin’ Dixie when it struck gold in them thar hills. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stopped and whirled round, with a lithe athletic power, and struck two massive blows, one to each side, at the guards closest to him. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

When none stepped forward to engage in this strange office, Serjeant Clippinger surveyed us; I was struck with surprise when he called out my name. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Winston was struck, as he had been struck before, by the tiredness of O’Brien’s face. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It struck Emily how different it was, attending a new school with James already her friend. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Sunlight struck in, and the heavy hinges creaked. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ere the half-hour ended, five o’clock struck; school was dismissed, and all were gone into the refectory to tea. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Belatedly, it struck Sarai that he was speaking the language of Weep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately Grub didn’t have the opportunity to open his visor before the illness struck. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

My legs were stiff from kneeling and as the canoe struck the sand I fell when I rose to climb out. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman struck her across the face with the back of her hand. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I emerged from an alley and was instantly struck by the difference in atmosphere between this part of the city and where I had come from. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The water hissed and boiled when it struck the burning wood, sending up a vapor of white steam. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

But he did not seem to know what to do with the shield as he urged his horse forward, and Ser Balon's point struck the blazon square. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“No,” I said impatiently, and was about to hang up when I was struck by what she’d said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Fiercely he parried and struck, fighting them off with the fiery staff that was made of his anger and a blade of wild grass. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The thrust had struck next to his throat-bole and been stopped by his jaw. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

As he entered, a sudden thought struck him. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chronicler threw up his hands just as the black thing struck his face and chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

What struck them then was how comfortable it was to wear one. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But even that thought struck her as slightly surreal. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Here lies my husband dead, struck down justly by my hand,” she said. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bear it in silence; it's the only way you can win, Travis commanded himself, but he cried out each time it struck. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She wrapped shawls around her shoulders, draped herself with scarves, and struck silly poses like a model in a fashion magazine. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Even if we could imagine the act of death in isolation, without any preliminary stage of being struck down by disease, we would be fearful of it. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Gondwannan Ambassador struck the She Elephant with a blast, but she shook it off like a gnat bite. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then three men in natty cream-colored summer suits came to stand near me at the curb, and something about them struck me like a hammer. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, one night, the first storm of the summer struck the island and startled everybody from their dreams. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

So that's what makes you so cocky, I thought, seeing now how the light struck him at an angle and made a wedge-shaped shadow beneath his nose. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the campus a clock struck the quarter hour and something inside me seemed to muffle its sound. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coincidence struck me as too awful and inexplicable to be communicated or discussed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Islimach’s eyes were round with terror; she whickered and struck out at him. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Emma surprised me by laughing, as if this struck her as funny somehow, and then she looked away for a moment. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

If you still persist in writing, “Good food at it’s best”, you deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked up on the spot and buried in an unmarked grave. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

Then an idea struck her, and she whispered, “When she comes to let me out, why don’t you three come with me?” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

My grandmother, however, was even more struck by the pastor’s son. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

If we taste some foods we are struck down, in punishment for eating them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several witnesses later testified that a patrolman walked up to Smith, mortally wounded but still conscious, and struck him with the butt of a gun. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A match is struck; water fills a pot; an icebox clicks open and shut. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The speaker in the room crackled to life with the sound of a gong being struck This was our signal to funnel out again onto the wooden walkways. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My comments must have struck Farmer as a put-down, because when I looked across the room his pale blue eyes were fixed on me. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Each time the whip struck, it would make cuts and lay the man’s back bare—a vicious punishment from which men often died. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, it struck me, too, that this plump little nun with a bit of her gray hair showing under her headdress wasn’t Mama or Papa I could argue things with. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked, struck by the merging fluidity of forms seen through the lenses. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

What with the bruise on her cheek where he’d struck her the night before, she looked as if she’d been badly treated, and that worried him too—suppose some police officer should become curious? The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kissed her cheek where he'd struck her, to take some sting from the blow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If the tiger had not been there, beside her, he would have rushed upon his child and struck her. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

We lock eyes across the long courtyard, and I am struck for the hundredth time at how different we are. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It struck me as very sad, this old man all alone on the road with no one to talk to but his donkeys. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The wind came whistling round it and struck at the crouched wet bodies. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not cry or moan, but she struck her head again and again on the hard-scrubbed top of the table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her hands struck the keys, her head moved to the music’s rhythm, her thin body swayed. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Kicking off her shoes, Kit waded into the water, plunged in and struck out toward the ship. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

At lunchtime Kate was tossing grapes into the air—so high they almost struck the cafeteria ceiling—then catching them in her mouth, where they made a satisfying plock! The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No doubt about it,” Mr. Huffer agreed sadly, and I imagined he struck his classic one-hand-on-hip mournful pose while his other hand reached out to pat someone on the shoulder. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

For the first time, I am struck by the beauty of this place. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Kabuo struck the steering wheel with the side of his fist and cursed the injustice of the world. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

For the first time in a while, Sierra was struck by how much her face resembled her mom’s: that sharp chin, her full lips. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Denna had been struck on her left temple hard enough to blacken her eye and bruise her well past her ear into her hairline. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

What had struck him more was the funeral of a soldier he witnessed soon afterward. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good night,” said Kaisa, briefly bowing her head to her, and Ash was reminded, uncomfortably, of the bargain she had struck with Sidhean. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the second it took him to dash around the hatchway, she pulled the knife from her arm and struck at the big man, who staggered back. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Doug dropped two fly balls, struck out twice, got hit in the chest by a line drive, and let five grounders go between his legs. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Of all the unusual features of Stargirl, this struck me as the most remarkable. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I cried, and he: ‘Hit was’ until I took the whip from him into my own hand and struck the mule. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they resumed their descent, a volley of grapefruitsized stones came whizzing down from the upper mountain and one of them struck a Sherpa in the back of the head. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The same two syllables, the same eight letters that I had been hearing all year, and suddenly the sound struck my ear with a ping of pure silver. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Beatty struck him a blow on the head that sent him reeling back. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mary stood to cut the cake, Tony was struck by the absurdity of the scene. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He scratched Sunflower’s forehead, gazing at the mountains, struck by their clear, ghostly p>eace. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The storm struck as we ran, driving rain into our faces. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crow turned again, struck at Bigwig and missed. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was while puzzling over this problem that Bohr was struck by a solution and dashed off his famous paper. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

But once they struck out into deeper waters, there was only sea and sky, air and water. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A clock in the schoolroom struck nine; Miss Miller left her circle, and standing in the middle of the room, cried— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby kept running, and her face struck a cold, hard wall of metal. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

A bolt of lightning struck Cain dead for the horror of what he had done. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are many cases in which one twin is killed in childhood, in a riding accident, say, or is struck by lightning, while the other lives to a prosperous old age. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man who played Laertes came into the room and struck up a conversation with Sander. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

But fear had struck deep, and no one dared venture out of their home. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The words struck like bullets fired close range, blasting my satisfaction to earth. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As my body rounded and my voice deepened, I was struck by this mysterious question of why. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He struck like a cobra; the food was gone before it even touched the floor. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

With a quick lunge, he struck his knife into the heart of the elephant, and then fell to his knees as the great beast roared out and lurched upon his feet. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The kapo struck me with his club, sending me to the floor. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was then that he closed his eyes and struck out blindly, hitting what or whom he could, not looking or caring what or who hit back. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I screamed as if struck by an arrow myself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A golden beam flashed in his eyes and a squeal of indignation struck his ears. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then an old man stuck his head out of the garage, ran up behind the vendor, and struck him across the back with a long fork. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she reached the door and did look up, what struck me was her expression. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brushing me aside, she set her flashlight down and struck the yellowed keys. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was the third god I’d met, but the first who really struck me as godlike. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Cracked his lip so it swelled up like an earthworm struck with a shovel—all purple and oozy. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

His concern focused on a series of illnesses that had struck his patients throughout the year—the mumps in January, jaw and mouth infections in February, scarlet fever in March, followed by influenza in July. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Be-sides, their scars struck terror in the hearts of the city rabble. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She struck a pose, flexing her biceps and shaking her back so the feathers wiggled. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

This was the last blow struck, for the wounded cat made off across the yard and disappeared under the fence of the cow byre. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cat's death struck me as the end of an era. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

If there had been any slim sliver of doubt as to that fact, it had been laid to rest when the beast had been struck down by Tehlu’s own iron. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He struck and a stream of sparks fell into the bark and quickly died. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spray struck their faces as they hit the white water. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Once when I was out trolling alone I had the line in my teeth and one struck and nearly took my mouth out.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The naked hatred in his eyes struck me deep. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She made it within two meters before her foot struck a discarded pipe segment. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They talked about revolution vs. reform and anarchism vs. socialism, and Andrew was struck, as he always had been, by the way Sasha carefully considered things instead of just echoing the opinions of other people. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I was struck dumb by die sight of this beloved face working itself up into what looked like hatred. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

High on hashish and mast on French wine, they struck and killed a Hazara husband and wife on the road to Paghman. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

This had struck me as better than I would manage, since I was probably headed for beauty school now. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tune would not go away, even when I struck at the air with my hand. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I suppose she was younger, but I can’t say she seems any older now. She always struck me as being older than her years.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

White teenagers cornered a black man and struck him repeatedly with bricks. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was afraid the stable boys at the Afric Queen struck at him, bullied him because he was timid, so he took upon himself the feeding and care of the animal. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Storms came early with rain and between the rains fierce winds struck the island and filled the air with sand. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they struck each other with the edges of their shields, sometimes they clubbed each other with the pommels of their swords. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they clambered down from the train and formed columns with their teammates, another brass band struck up another Sousa march. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She kicked me several times to get me out from under the counter and then struck me even harder. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Matthias struck a rat square in the face with the butt of his branch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Each tine struck a different Sixer avatar in the chest while somehow arcing harmlessly around everyone else. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Loki was furious, seeing much of his dinner about to be devoured, and he struck at the eagle with his spear, hoping to force it to drop its plundered food. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

In his left hand was a cell phone, which struck Taylor as odd, but she tried to keep her focus. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then I struck the phosphorus match I’d stolen, and dropped it onto him, watching it sputter and flare as it fell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Golf was a novelty, bringing the cream of society together around a tiny ball that was struck with a stick, just as the Indians had done two hundred years before in these same, places. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he was inside it struck a sixth time, still on the port—left—side of the boat just above the waterline, and he could feel the hull flex with the blow. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struck on the piano one last, wild note, and threw up his hands, palms upward, stretched wide apart. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

In many cuentos I had heard the owl was one of the disguises a bruja took, and so it struck a chord of fear in the heart to hear them hooting at night. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After his barn was struck by lightning for the third time, he told Sarah about his broken promise to Madame Zeroni. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He swayed and fell backward, but not before he struck your face. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Several of the guards on the wall had been injured, and sometimes the yeomen could tell that an arrow had struck home in the enemy’s camp. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

When a kid struck out, he went back to the end of the line. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struck a match and set the thing alight. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Slipping away, I struck across the island to a sheltered spot, out of the driving gale. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt light-headed as her blood drained from her, making a slight hissing sound when it struck the mixture in the clay pot. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I am struck all over again by how handsome he is, by the soft curls falling around his face. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At that precise instant there was a vibration in the air and we were struck by a school of flying fish. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But then it struck Mr. Dursley that this was probably some silly stunt — these people were obviously collecting for something ... yes, that would be it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Then he found the matches his dad had loaned him, struck one carefully, and held it to the first bare wick. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Charles set his peewee, struck it, and, as it rose into the air, swung at it and missed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie drew in a sharp breath, as though he had been struck. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I had rarely had reason to enter my father's room prior to this occasion and I was newly struck by the smallness and starkness of it. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Celia led Matt through the halls, and once again he was struck by how silent everything was. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

First girl up to bat gets struck out: she hits Cala’s fastball, but it’s a foul, and the two Quickfire changeups that come at her back to back are both swings and misses. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The two men struck out for the Allegheny River, planning to cross it on the ice. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a piece of flint from his pocket and got the pair of pliers and struck the flint against the serrated jaw. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The shot missed his body by just a few inches and struck the wall behind him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The absurdity of this reversal of fortune may not have struck millions in the industrialised world after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 as all that implausible. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The long horizontal fight of the sinking sun struck into their faces and made them seem much alike. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The climber in question had struck up a relationship with a member of an expedition attempting Lhotse. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

General Peckem screamed, as though struck by the enormity of the disaster for the first time. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It struck me for the first time how odd it was that none of them were married. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Victor had chased all the children out of the house as soon as the hand on Ida's kitchen clock had struck three. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time I was struck with an idea. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The dogs howled, and Malcolm whirled the paddle again and struck the arm that came up in defense. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He struck the conference table with his fist, his eyes showing small and round in his taut face. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Princeton, for some strange reason, had struck us as more accessible. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I was struck still—I couldn’t have moved if I’d wanted to. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The wind struck them the instant they came onto the roof. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The same instant he struck my tree he jerked his head and flame shot up my leg. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

In throwing his arms around her, he must have struck her. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says Reggie has really struck him with his commitment and testimony. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The water struck me like a stinging whip, and I was sure it would knock me down. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It may have been something that had survived from the middle ages when houses and probably individuals were so marked to indicate where plague had struck. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She struck the mill-house roof with a crash, spread out her wings, and lay still. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Something—maybe a rock or a clump of dirt—flew up from under the animal’s hooves and struck Pollard in the head. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I read through the letter, I was struck by the buoyant tone. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It might have been the dry pulse of the decaying house itself, after a while it whirred and cleared its throat and struck six times. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knife struck his collarbone and angled off to his shoulder. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

One struck the dead globe, causing it to sing its strange filamental music of the spheres, fragile and high-pitched above the outside noises. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaede watched numbly as tiny red marks erupted on her hands where the Queen’s tears struck. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It struck him that the man’s whole life was playing a part, and that he felt it to be dangerous to drop his assumed personality even for a moment. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

We were from different states, and we struck up a friendship outside of practice. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Never mind that a deal struck with Cory would probably have major strings attached. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Someone else struck up a song for dancing, and the protests faded away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My look or something else must have struck her as offensive, for she spoke with extreme though suppressed irritation. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

When he received it, he was so struck with my resemblance to members of his family that he called again. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Lucy was struck by lightning in elementary school. It turned her into a math genius.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The blow that I had been praying for struck the next week. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went up past the cottage and struck into a path through the woods. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the instant, almost of the blow being struck, the white man emitted something like a soft cough; his flashlight fell into the snow, a fast flick of vanishing light. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of these futures struck me as particularly desirable. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Kino looked down at his closed hand and the knuckles were scabbed over and tight where he had struck the gate. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The revolutionary words leaped from the printed page and struck me with tremendous force. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in their final report to the government, Tocqueville and Beaumont wrote, One cannot see the prison of Sing-Sing and the system of labour which is there established without being struck by astonishment and fear. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He handed her the sawed-off length of his gun barrel, the one that ruined itself after he struck the ghost sister’s feet. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then gradually, people got bored and the pranks became more half-hearted, until one day it struck me there hadn’t been any for over a week. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was part of the deal we struck. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The kennel jerked forward, tilted, fell back and struck the ground with a jolt. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

So white-hot and sudden, I thought the lightning had struck me. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was cutting a tree when a branch dislodged and struck him, breaking his neck. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My leg hopped like a frog struck by lightning. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The bizarre, tenuous nature of their connection struck him with new force—that a moth should be their only link. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It is remarkable how much truth there is in the two expressions “struck dumb” and “love at first sight.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got home that night, I thought of them again, but another thought struck me. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

But what most struck Winston was the look of helpless fright on the woman’s grayish face. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Ged stepped forward and struck the lord’s hands down with his own, saying as he did so only one short word. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He struck harder, a glancing blow, and two or three weak sparks skipped off the rock and died immediately. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Samuel asked him to rise, and when Adam accepted struck him again, and this time Adam did not get up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As his ship gained on them, Medea herself struck her brother down and cutting him limb from limb cast the pieces into the sea. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t drown or get struck by lightning, mangled by machinery or crushed in landslides. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Fountains of dirt flew into the air where the bombs struck the earth. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It suddenly occurred to Reynie what had struck him as familiar. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was plunging down the next flight before his body struck the ground. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

For some reason, Dr. Bright was staring openmouthed, seemingly struck dumb. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

For someone who’s never struck me as being the kind of guy who chooses his words carefully, Link seems to be thinking very hard about what he wants to say. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The simplicity of this solution struck Kat and me at once. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fulfillment, I’m sure, struck her as a rich person’s conceit. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Then he struck it against a desk to make it ring, and held it up to me. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

With each lunge, he struck the tree harder, ignoring the pain. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I am struck by how beautiful she looks. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Britten followed Bigger till Bigger’s head struck the wall. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As we drove, Daisy struck up a wholly unsubtle conversation. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Moss wasn’t sure; fear struck him as his brain told him that this would be worthless, that they’d never get anything done. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

At the same time he struck at the feet of his enemy. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lawrence told them it was even more deadly than the Black Death, the plague that struck Europe during the time of the knights. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Their eyes were almost puffed shut, as if they had been struck in their faces by wind and sand and heat. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under my nose she struck a wooden match with her thumbnail. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I shut it, Saint Paul’s, and all the many church-clocks in the City—some leading, some accompanying, some following—struck that hour. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

But this fresh anger struck a deeper chord than most of his sudden bursts of frustration. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I looked at the map and was momentarily struck dumb. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

His back struck a hard metal wall; he slid along it until he hit the corner of the room. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As I stumbled up the hill, I was struck by how very beautiful the farm looked in the hazy early light. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Before too long, I struck up a conversation. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

First the traffic struck me like a tidal wave and carried me along, a bit of shiny flotsam bounded in front by a gasoline truck half a block long. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She struck her face with both her hands, dug her nails into her terror-stricken cheeks, and then she scratched. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was dizzy when he stood, and he rubbed his head behind his ear, where the man in black had struck him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sula was probably struck dumb, as anybody would be who saw her own mamma bum up. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And it struck him: nothing would change after he left. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The needle struck the dimpled peel and bent sideways. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t recommend getting struck. Lightning kills an average of 47 people in America every year and severely injures hundreds, maybe thousands.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

With the effort of the climb, the horses’ hooves struck sparks from the stones. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with that image, his anxiety struck, knocking the breath right out of him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The phenomenon fades when the stones are immaculately cleaned, vanishes when they are heated to furnace temperature, and reappears when they are simply touched by the hand again before being struck. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lightning struck from a blue sky; Madam slapped my face so hard it near threw me to the ground. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coyote struck again, again; and at every blow at first a gasp, and then a deep groan went up from the crowd. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful struck his head as he reached into the scrape and grabbed the eyases. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He sighed, struck a match, and soon had the fire blazing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then as if a sudden thought struck her, she nudged me. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It struck him in the chest, exploded in a spray of red pulp. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the distant church bell struck the quarter hour, Reynie finished his sandwich and rose from the park bench. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She suddenly struck Myron’s hand, which was in the act of picking off the top shuffleboard disc from the red stack. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

They merely drenched you or struck you like lightning and moved on, mindless as blizzards. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Carl struck with a cupped palm and caught the moth and broke it. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

It struck her on the leg and tumbled to the street, and the half-cooked meat left a smear of grease and blood down her thigh. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He struck the table with two huge fingers to emphasize his point. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When a teacher asked why this was happening, he was struck brutally in the face. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Ma said, and her chopsticks struck the inside of her empty rice bowl resentfully. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He went back to the first in the line and struck him on the chest. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“As you all know, we have just been struck by monstruo attacks. A child was almost taken,” he said, shaking his head. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then I struck out looking For a road, and soon found one, and on it, other people. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He struck me as very articulate, even professorial, and I felt a supreme confidence, as if Alaska had found the best male stripper in central Alabama and led us right to him. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

His face sagged, and Pong was struck by how such a huge man could suddenly seem so small. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was still swollen where Kino had struck her, and big flies buzzed around the cut on her chin. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time the knight grasped her beneath the jaw and held her head still as he struck her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When I thought back to our talk, it struck me as odd. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

A small pointed stick was laid on the ground, then struck near one end with a bat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His reaction to this scene was so strong that it made the rounds of the family gossip: Emma Wedgwood, Hensleigh’s sister, wrote to her sister-in-law with amusement how struck Charles was by Hensleigh’s juggling. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then on a sudden impulse I struck him lightly and as we clinched, I whispered, "Fake like I knocked you out, you can have the prize." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment she hesitated, then she struck at me with the switch and I dodged and stumbled into a corner. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a form of protest, they did not have a high success rate and the rationale behind them always struck me as quixotic. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Watching him disappear into the red curtain, Bridge was struck by the knowledge that Sherm was the main thing she looked forward to every day. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The town’s new status may have struck many Southerners as ironic, for in the years immediately following the Civil War, Durham was known chiefly as the site of one of the Confederacy’s final humiliations. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The stale beer smell struck like a club through the noise of voices and the juke box. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Naxalite movement spread across the country and struck terror in every bourgeois heart. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It struck her with fresh force that this was her father’s bed, as the bed in the alcove had been his before it was hers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Mark was struck by the feeling that they weren’t alone. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

"He struck her!" a West Indian woman screamed into my ear. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She returned his gaze, struck by the sense of her own transformation, and overwhelmed by the beauty in a face which a lifetime’s habit had taught her to ignore. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He opened the door and an icy blast of wind struck his face. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Kira saw ice very seldom, only occasionally in the very coldest months when sleet struck the village, breaking tree branches, and the river froze near its banks. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually illness struck the village and many were taken. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I chased the raccoons into the night and stumbled over a third animal and was struck by a wet stinging spray. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the bright, spacious nursery, with its well-stocked classroom and large chest of never-used toys, struck Penelope as almost too splendid, and she wondered if she would ever grow accustomed to it. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He fought with his fists and even struck at them with his head. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The queue moved at a snail’s pace; I struck up a conversation with an unemployed man in a dark suit. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vernon Madison from Mobile said that the prosecutor struck all ten black people qualified for jury service in his case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Any defender struck by a missile was either instantly killed or horribly maimed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

BAM, BAM, BAM and another drum roll, and the bands struck up “Dixie.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The year before, he and his wife and Monique had gone on a trip to Hong Kong, which struck him, mostly, as a pincushion of gleaming skyscrapers. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Something has struck my back as well, but doesn’t seem to have penetrated my vest. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

How could I sleep in a home where the sight of my face struck fear into people? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

That struck him as more than passing queer. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She struck a match, blew it out and darkened her eyebrows with the burnt head. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He said he had been struck on his head, but there were no external signs of violence. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When that hour struck, Reynie was peering through a crack in the open door. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Better move, he thought, and struck out for the hills, which, deceptive as the sound of the creek, were much farther away than they seemed. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Sharon Stone, struck by a sniper’s bullet as her car was stopped at a traffic light. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And in subjecting ourselves to week after week of toil, tedium, and suffering, it struck me that most of us were probably seeking, above all else, something like a state of grace. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

His liver hadn't been struck as the doctors initially believed. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The muscles of his body gave a tightening lunge and he saw his fist come down on the side of Gus’s head; he had struck him really before he was conscious of doing so. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And that punishment you made me suffer because your wicked boy struck me—knocked me down for nothing. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Petra remembered picking up a leaf on Harper Avenue that fall, and being struck by the thought that yellow was the color of surprise. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Perch struck me as the kind of guy who probably had acted badly since he was about nine. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was struck through with my own wayward brand of reverence: praise be the lord of all plagues and secret afflictions! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't know his name . . ." I turned as though struck. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Startled by loud banging on her apartment door, she struck the wrong typewriter key. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a bolt of lightning struck, and all the people turned into monsters. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

One white laborer struck a black man with a hammer. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When he felt the lump where he’d struck it, he made soothing sounds and stroked the sore place. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

A new fear struck me: Was that what Otto was for? Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It struck him that the truly characteristic thing about modem life was not its cruelty and insecurity, but simply its bareness, its dinginess, its listlessness. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The blue mesh struck the twig, but the fairy darted away at the last instant. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A keen wind that had been hiding itself struck me full in the mouth and raked the hair back horizontal on my head. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he struck Nusan; more often he picked a fight with his neighbor. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reading of the names would begin at the exact time that the first plane had struck the first tower, 8:46. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“It suddenly struck me the other day,” continued Bernard, “that it might be possible to be an adult all the time.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The belling tower struck and Simmon sighed, sensing it was pointless to pursue the conversation further. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Later that year, both joy and tragedy struck the Garfields. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

One morning I was digging alongside my sister when my stick struck something soft buried deep in the debris. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another tried to snake around the edge of the table, but Ayanna’s staff, flaring with golden light, struck out and jabbed it in the collar until it disintegrated into a tinkle of blackened fragments. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He flexed his fingers and struck a few soft, experimental notes, then swept into the song so gently that I caught myself listening to it before I knew it had begun. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There’s a greater chance of being struck by lightning or attacked by a shark. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

They were struck dumb with surprise when Napoleon announced that he had sold the pile of timber to Frederick. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He was tall and well-muscled, dressed in thick work clothes that struck her as a costume. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Directly in front of him she drank the last champagne in her glass, delicately struck the rim on the table, and jammed the ragged edge against his cheek. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Grassel finally struck up a conversation with the folks behind him and left us alone. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The sand shuddered under my feet as the first wave struck. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The brute struck that gentle woman, poor thing!" the West Indian woman chanted. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

On that morning, satisfying one of his urges to participate in nature, Leper Lepellier was the first thing the rising sun struck in the United States. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the end of his life, he remembered that scene and how it struck him so forcefully. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Johnny got out, struck tinder, and lighted the lantern he had found in the chaise. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evidently they had struck what once had been an important road; and they went forward quicker than they had done on their first march. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“What ails you, boy? Are you asleep, or struck dumb?” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The cold air struck through as she opened her anorak, but in a few seconds she had what she wanted, and took a gold coin from her purse before wrapping herself close again. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s typical South. Has it never struck you as being singular that nearly everybody in the county is either kin or almost kin to everybody else?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Once, in a battle with a gang of white boys, I was struck behind the ear with a piece of broken bottle; the cut was deep and bled profusely. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The remaining three let themselves be struck down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ash knocked against the bench, wincing where it struck the backs of her knees. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The duration of each lesson was measured by the clock, which at last struck twelve. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It struck her impersonally as if it were a judgment someone else was delivering, someone American and important, like Dr. Fanning: she was pretty. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The bullet had gone cleanly through and struck a ewe in the backbone, killing her almost as fast as the coyote. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His big body suddenly fell back stiffly, knocking over two chairs; his head struck the stage floor with a thud. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struck until his paws ached and the sword fell from them! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The wind struck him when he was only a few inches from the top of the building. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The old man had challenged the Lord of Light and been struck down for his impiety, or so the gossips told each other. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then her gloved fist was coming at him and he knew if it struck him the bones in his face would shatter. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then he struck Luster over the head with his fist. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then earth struck the coffin; the child awakened and began to scream. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The same impression struck them in Britain, where the most groundbreaking advances were being achieved in Manchester and Cambridge with the most modest handmade gear. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The room goes suddenly white, as if struck by lightning. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had struck, set fire, withdrawn; there had been no fight. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t just its color or size that struck him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His wound was bleeding afresh where die queen had struck him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She took pictures of the jungle gym at the local park, of streetlights at night, of city workers chopping down an oak that had been struck by lightning. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And he didn’t scream, although he wanted to very much when the man hurled himself across the room and struck him with a force that made him almost pass out with pain. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Opinions, decisions popped through the crowd like struck matches. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then an arrow came flying straight down from the sky, and struck another man behind the head. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Four of Dufarge’s bullets struck the Laughing Man, two of them through the heart. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

What were those words he used that struck me? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing that struck me was the daylight—blazing sun coming through giant windows. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She was almost around the corner when his blade struck her in the back. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I struck the beginning chord of Savien’s verse and I heard a piercing sound that pulled me out of the music like a fish dragged from deep water. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The grandfather clock struck noon, and the whistle at the Snapfinger Volunteer Fire Department finished its blowing as I sat down at the table with my family. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The massive gate set into the ring wall was already being lowered closed, and it struck the stones with an ominous series of clanks and groans. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Soon they struck a narrow road, that went rolling up and down, fading grey into the darkness ahead: the road to Woodhall, and Stock, and the Bucklebury Ferry. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In seeing my village again after so many years, I was greatly struck by what had changed and what had not. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hardliner, naturally, was Teller, who reminded his Livermore colleagues on the panel that a test ban struck at the heart of the lab’s very purpose. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Even my hat would go; its green was sun-faded and brown, like a leaf struck by the winter's snows. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimarion’s boat struck their hull with a dull thunk, and the chief mate grunted. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Whereupon a silence, like the silence of Hiroshima ten minutes after the bomb, struck the men’s room with an audible thud. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there’s the forked tree, the tree struck by lightning, coming up on my left. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Dell didn't have any photos of his cat, which also struck me as strange because from everything that I'd read, photographing a pet seemed to be where most animal owners found their greatest joy. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The light from the east struck it and made it all plain and clear. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The wheels struck the runway and the plane pulled up by a small wooden house on the tundra, the terminal building. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

An informal truce was struck with the police and la migra. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I imagined the silence of the hall when I struck the last chord; my bow wavering in silence; and me standing alone before the faces of a mob unimpressed by my exertions. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A tall, loose-limbed woman walked by and struck up a conversation. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he struck Janie with all his might and drove her from the store. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

By the time four bells struck, Sefia was exhausted, but she could wield her Vision with the precision of a filleting knife. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But many had already fallen, struck down by bullets and arrows. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was Japan that struck first, in 1937, sending its armies smashing into the rest of China. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

This outwardly aloof but blatantly defensive tone seemed to acknowledge, in its backhanded way, that his critics had struck a nerve. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The idea of leaving one’s family at home and driving an hour to work at a factory to get paid by the hour struck Generose as a weird quirk of American society. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Bod heard a velvet rustle, then a match was struck, and it flamed, and was used to light two huge candles that sat on great carved wooden candlesticks at the back of the room. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Black folk had been conditioned to look the other way when tragedy struck, especially if the victim was one of their own. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It struck the left side of the rim and rolled forward on it. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And he stood up, struck by a thought. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

South African whites had always struck me as people who would have been happier living in the nineteenth century, or the eighteenth. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Get along to the dormitory, Forrester,” he said with a dry certainty in my obedience which suddenly struck me as funny, definitely funny. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

John and his father stared at each other, struck dumb and still and with something come to life between them—while the Holy Ghost spoke. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning fork that had been struck upon a star. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

His head struck with a terrible crack, but Tendai was certain he was already dead before he reached the ground. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was odd that in the less primitive society, the more sinister note was struck. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

On November 3, the Russians struck again, launching Sputnik II. This one had a dog in it—Laika was her name—and by her picture in the paper, she looked a little like Poteet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The yard was alive to the clack of wood on wood, punctuated all too often by thwacks and yowls of pain when a blow struck leather or flesh. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Nhamo thought for an instant the creature had been struck by another bolt of lightning. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm stood awkwardly on the hearth rug while she set newspaper and kindling and struck a match. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He caught sight of Coll, then; the stout old warrior had drawn his sword and struck mightily about him. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

That had been struck from his mind when, turning the irregular sheet over, the two of us saw, with horror, what was on the back of it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The fact that the meaning of race may evolve over time or lose much of its significance is hardly a reason to be struck blind. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

They were playing a game and it struck him that Derek did that—his whole life was that. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

For weeks they had been silently infiltrating South Vietnam, and they struck with a coordinated fury that shocked everyone. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Kaira fell against the bedpost, and before she could even figure out what was happening, she was struck again, this time across her chest. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Near the end of the service, a tall, thin-faced lady toppled over backward into the snow and struck Liyana with her elbow on the way down. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Blood flowed from the tree when he struck it and a voice came from within warning him that Ceres would surely punish his crime. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whitiker was struck by his manners and how he spoke like the teachers and social workers she had known growing up— enunciating his words, slipping in a few she didn’t know. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

His rhythm varied erratically and it was hard to tell if he struck a wrong note. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He turned the bowl upon the stake and struck again, then again, then again. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I’m struck, suddenly, by how handsome he is—all his features are proportionate, his eyes dark and lively, his skin bronze-brown. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was a golden blur leaping past Sefia, landing on the second man’s chest, knocking him aside so the arrow struck his shoulder instead of his heart. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And I compared the Panthers to the heroes given to me by the schools, men and women who struck me as ridiculous and contrary to everything I knew. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I tumbled through the branches, struck my head, and fell into darkness. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘Best boy-zz in world,’ and he suddenly struck out at the British. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing that struck Linton as he reviewed Strayer’s research was what was happening inside the brain. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He turned and was struck by how tall Bianca had gotten. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I was struck by his face, which was not so much surprised as disappointed to see me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They struck the trail on a ridge and then dropped down into a deep canyon, up the other side, and broke out into some flats. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

At once the cold struck into his bones, and he began to shiver. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I’m dead, struck out of the round until I can regenerate. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I felt the sting of her hand as it struck the side of my face. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A glimpse: the Captain down, struck in the knee; several more were dead beside him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Helmuth is struck with an idea, one that will restore their friendship. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The bottle made quite a loud tap each time it struck. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She was suddenly struck with the fear that Lena hadn’t ever meant for her to pick up the ring or the bones, and that she’d just desecrated a corpse for no reason. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Years later he would comment that both books struck him as religious, in the sense that the characters were searching for an ultimate power and a meaning to life. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

But the majority didn’t seem to have noticed at all, as if they’d been struck deaf and blind. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It had always struck me as wrong, for a reason I couldn’t articulate. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was only when he was back in bed that it struck Harry that Dumbledore might not have been quite truthful. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I struck up a pretty minuet and watched through my sliver of the doorway as they all entered, my preceptor among them, and sat around the table. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It struck him as a curious fact that he had never heard a member of the Party singing alone and spontaneously. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Their tenderness towards their children struck me as being profound, effective, and almost wholly unpossessive. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I was very struck by your injury. And when I took your arm in my hands to examine it—” He paused, as if he was suddenly unable to go on. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The town clock struck the first of its twelve noontime booms. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“In the account I struck upon an especially suitable simile in comparing the Scenicruiser bus to a loop-the- loop in a surrealistic amusement park.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

What did matter, indeed struck most readers as the only thing that truly mattered, was that George Washington was retiring. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He struck a match on a box, lit a cigarette for himself and held out the match for Dad. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It struck him suddenly that he might return to Winterfell by sea. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Late in the evening, Scruggs struck up a conversation with him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Malcolm had never seen a baby at close quarters, and he was struck at once by how real she seemed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She cited Dr. David Strayer, the University of Utah scientist who’d failed to get the cell phone industry’s attention and then struck out on his own. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Two summers later, a dozen or so blacks struck a deal to work on a lumber dock. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t begin counting until the clock struck three. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

One struck Arm on the shoulder, sending such a shock of pain that he almost dropped Sekai. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But what always struck me about black folks was that every Sunday they’d get dressed up so clean for church I wouldn’t recognize them. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new man in charge of the Midway, Sol Bloom, had struck like a bolt of lightning and seemed amenable to just about anything—the more novel and startling the better. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I know the Lord ain’t as hard as Daddy Is he, boy?” he demanded of John, and struck him lightly on the forehead. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Two days later they struck another American base, killing ten more. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She writhed and screamed and kicked and bit, but he struck her off his hand and slammed the door shut quickly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The bar struck the Lion fair between the eyes. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then Wang Lung promised easily, and when he promised he was struck with a thought and it was this. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Rather, he “devoured” the book: it struck him like a jolt of electricity, both paralyzing and galvanizing him. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

In the wild chase around the building the biggest dog struck the tin drainpipe, and it clattered down the wall and bounced on the cement top of the cistern. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I sat down and crossed my hands on my lap and struck my remorseful, thoughtful, and bright-eyed pose, the woman looked up and asked, "What happened to the ten thousand dollars?" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

All those things were true, but I’d stopped paying attention as an idea struck me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I was angry about not getting any fish,” he said as he returned to his whittling, “so I struck my crutch against a rock. It broke, of course.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Never mind that he probably didn’t deserve their honor—they knew what kind of man he was: arrogant, color- struck, snobbish. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struck a match, watched it flare, and lit a few candles. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Then, without warning, he struck the gate a crushing blow with his fist. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

This image seemed too sad to be true—it all struck me as so lonely and so very unMargo. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He struck a match and put it in his mouth. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie was once again struck by the man’s size, his suit jacket straining against his massive belly. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The only one of us who’d had the nerve was Ruth May, who marched right up and voted for Jesus so hard her pebble struck the cross and bounced. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, this man, God’s minister, had struck John’s mother, and John had wanted to kill him—and wanted to kill him still. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The snake had been hiding in the trees and struck the man’s head as he passed. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I’d struck some tender tissue, but I didn’t understand its import. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

One fragment, known as Nucleus G, struck with the force of about six million megatons–seventy-five times more than all the nuclear weaponry in existence. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

"That statement is so outrageous, I'm amazed you haven't been struck by lightning." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A wind struck him from the side; he flapped his wings to keep his balance and he, too, was flying. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It struck Baird as odd, his dad reminding him to wear a helmet. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He struck a handsome pose and held it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dedicated to the great master of life, the sun, which struck three sides of the edifice as it made its journey each day across the sky. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The trees quivered and bent as if a gust had struck them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Here they meandered in their tiny sailboats, tacking and coming about; they painted, hoed, swept, and planted when the mood for therapeutic work struck them, and lolled on the beach when they felt like it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Yishan grinned, knelt down, and struck the ice with his stone. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

When I raised it to my parted lips, odd spices struck my nose: chili, paprika, and cumin. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

As he spoke he struck a small silver gong that stood near his footstool, and at once servants came forward. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then it struck me why this guy looked familiar. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Just here, Franny, in apparent despair at the naïveté of the question, struck her forehead with her hand. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

What we might describe as admirably strong executive leadership struck Jefferson and his Republican followers as the arbitrary maneuverings of a monarch. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Several hours into our journey to Kiel, at precisely 9:15 p.m. per my watch, the ship was struck by three torpedoes. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The first thing that struck the senses was the intense cold. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of my brothers came running when I struck up the opening bars to “The Maple Leaf Rag.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He struck a good balance—I was playing on the team opposite English most of the time, and even though Fist was designed for him, he didn’t call it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A horrible feeling struck Doha deep in his gut. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She struck one and set the torch ablaze. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the book Men Against Death I was greatly struck by the fact that in childbirth alone, women commonly suffer more pain, illness and misery than any war hero ever does. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In fact, last week, she was walking back home from a mini powwow at the Spokane Tribal Community Center, when she was struck and killed by a drunk driver. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the mood struck him, he would call a child passing by to come play on the swings or the seesaw. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

This sentiment struck me as hilarious, but I didn’t say anything. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

As she said this, it struck me that she could not read, like millions of other blacks who worked for whites. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

August took Rosaleen’s hand and pulled her over, then went on holding it, the way she used to hold May’s sometimes, and it struck me that she loved Rosaleen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something small and quiet, like a match being struck, lights up the gloom inside me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As the boat struck, we would use its force like a springboard to jump the gate. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He struck a deal with a journalist named John King to arrange publication and market the book. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When the water struck him, he flew backward. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, no ancient Greek struck a medal with the word Eureka on it and started awarding it to successful scientists as we award the Fields Medal to successful mathematicians. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When my heels struck the edge of the big rock, I whirled around. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone but Ambrose, who pinwheeled to the ground as if struck by the hand of God. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A Kenyan doctor who had investigated the Monet case happened to be drinking a beer in the bar, and he struck up an idle conversation with her and mentioned Monet’s name. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaving his right flank exposed, he struck out on his near side. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marriage, he told me early on, struck him as an unnecessary and overhyped convention. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She struck me as the actress who’s constantly trying out for very different parts, never sure of which role she’s supposed to play. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The trees shone silver where the light struck and the ground was as blue as water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In the morning the eye of the hurricane was off to the north, and the for side of the storm struck the marshland. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I saw a trickle of blood coming down from where Erik's ring had struck him beneath the ear. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again I’m struck by how peaceful he is in motion. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hissing, she struck at Gwydion and her blood-red nails raked his cheek. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The third, which was the only one to have struck paydirt, had also somehow gotten stuck and could not withdraw. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As his heavy body struck the ground, something exploded in my head. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His muttered "My lord" struck Tyrion as a tad grudging, but he opened the door nonetheless. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Bando, Zella, and Miss Turner were going to join us for a wild turkey Frightful caught, but a big snowstorm struck last night, and no one got up the mountain. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The deal they’d struck felt like something from another life, from a Before. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

For in the funny sort of way that had struck her at the first, they were helpless. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each word struck like an arrow, piercing all the soft parts of his ego. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I saw one man struck so hard in the head with a club that he fell off his stool and didn’t get up again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Doon nodded and turned back to the boxes, but once again the boat struck something, causing a spray of water to slap into them and put the candle out. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It will never be the same! Oh, it is the fault of that beastly Crochan! The wretched thing struck at me deliberately, I’m sure!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then the clock must’ve struck ten because all at once the buzzing generators outside sputtered and died, as did the music from downstairs and the streetlight that had been shining through my window. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The bullet struck the wall as they slammed the gate. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaped aside as the monster struck, pulverizing the ground in front of her. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

In stark contrast to two nights ago, when I felt Peeta was a million miles away, I'm struck by his immediacy now. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Hazel took the last thing out—the baseball—and set it on the ice, and then struck another match and put it to the backpack. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Big drops of rain fell among them making individual sounds when they struck. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He shoved Frederick aside and struck Sergeant Robinson in the forehead hard with the knife, stunning him with the blow. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dark rooms grow darker: the parlor needs a struck match to see the face. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung stopped, struck by the thought of children running in and out of their three rooms. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I wrapped the warm cloak around my shoulders and was struck with a sudden notion. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struck again and again until blood flew off the cane. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The courthouse clock creaked, strained, said, “Phlugh!” and struck the hour. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

For the message that it was occasionally necessary to send, there were printed postcards with long lists of phrases, and you struck out the ones that were inapplicable. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t seen one another since last summer when we vacationed together at Stone Harbor, New Jersey, and it struck me right away how much taller Kevin was. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Weylin struck again and again, until I couldn’t have gotten up at gunpoint. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful struck it before it had run a foot. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“No? How about this one: Did they ever tell you about the kid who went out to play football in a thunderstorm, and he got struck by lightning, and he got killed?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robin ran his fingers around the ugly cavity, imagining how it would feel to be struck with a mace. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

This was not dangerous, for he rarely actually struck us at the table, but it was designed to show us all up as dull-witted, bovine females. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struck the middle of the west wall and from the east wall a bear came out. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The notion that the cascading events in France bore any relation to the American Revolution struck Adams as outright lunacy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

As an attendant approached him with the saddle, he reared skyward, struck out with his forelegs, and began plunging around on the end ofhis lead. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It struck him as he lay here with his arm slung across his eyes, that the girl was tied up in Weep’s problem in ways he could not yet understand. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It struck him dead, shattered the chariot, and made the maddened horses rush down into the sea. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you were to read all my letters in one sitting, you’d be struck by the fact that they were written in a variety of moods. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

A muffled explosion, like powder, struck the bowsprit. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

On the wall the cow’s foot struck and fell. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tumbled into Archer as the packs struck her back. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The woman on the porch reached out with contempt for them all, and struck the kitchen match against the railing. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

She then put the pod in her cloak pocket, and they watched in silence as Valley began to climb an enormous tree that seemed as if it had been struck by lightning recently. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Only when he climbed into his sleeping bag under the stars had his disloyalty struck him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In 1768 the virus struck Siberia’s Pacific coast, apparently for the first time. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The thud as it struck the hitching post surprised her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Four times he struck at me with his right paw and sent me overboard, and four times I lost my shield. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he flicked his hand at me, and blood flew from an open wound and struck me here, on the chest.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Offhand, I can remember seeing just three girls in my life who struck me as having unclassifiably great beauty at first sight. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Then he laughed and struck a hand against his head. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The bird had been struck off-center and was flopping around wildly. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

All around him beads of water sparkled as blades of sunlight struck through them. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then she struck out at me, as though trying to punch me. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

As for Olmsted, Burnham was struck by the slightness of his frame, which seemed structurally insufficient to support so massive a skull. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The force of his movement shook the rat loose and it sailed through the air and struck a wall. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She dropped it, and in one motion grabbed another one from her dress and struck it against a small tinderbox. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Joseph was reading in bed when the clock struck six. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

While she stood there the clock above the cupboard struck ten times. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was struck and slapped with small, sharp pebbles, and the snow blinded him. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Tyrion struck the flint against his dagger, trying for a spark. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The spear struck down through the water and slanted off. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Muhammad couldn’t have said anything that would have struck me much harder. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached back and struck Seabiscuit across the hip with the whip. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the Cauldron warrior had struck him, Taran had regained consciousness only a few moments before slipping once again into whirling darkness. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

She knew that a golden eagle struck by a truck needed to recover from the shock with quiet. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When the iron bar struck him, the mercenary’s smile fell away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ged struck at it again with his heavy, smoking staff, beating it off, but it came again and he struck again, and then dropped the staff that blazed and smoldered, burning his hand. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She and Blaine took the train to Princeton to look for an apartment, and she was struck by the town itself, the greenness, the peace and grace of it. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As it had fallen it had struck the metal frame, making the sharp metallic sound I had heard. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He boldly struck up a conversation with Seward’s male nurse, just to make sure the secretary was indeed at home. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Hawkins, sliding onto the piano bench, struck up the chords on the old piano and ended the pageant with, “Go Tell It on the Mountain.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A simple thing, and yet it struck him as almost magic. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And then a sulphur match was struck and burned a tiny blue until the wood caught, lighting his brother’s face grotesquely from below. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I was struck all at once how life was out there going through its regular courses, and I was suspended, waiting, caught in a terrible crevice between living my life and not living it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any creature above the level of the sides would be struck and perhaps knocked into the river. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the plane, Reggie sat in an aisle seat, and struck up the conversation with a woman who asked about where he was going, and why. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was too dark to see either of them clearly, but when one struck a match, the light flashed off his gold tooth. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The chrome glittering across the front grille gleamed so brightly that you had to take your eyes away from it when the sun struck just right. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

"You say that as though the idea had just struck you. Isn't that what you came here for?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

And I struck his face, splitting open his cheek from lip to earlobe like a rotten orange. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He’d been working the first floor of the Hospital Building when an officer in B-block was struck on the head with a broom handle by an inmate. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first casualty of the day was John Lewis, his skull fractured in the exact spot where he had been struck years earlier during a Freedom Ride. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other than being struck by lightning, I’ve never gotten a sign from God. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re a nice boy,” Mr. Wonka said, “but you talk too much. Now then! The very first time I saw ordinary television working, I was struck by a tremendous idea. ‘Look here!’ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

A breeze stirred through the open window, and the crystals of the chandelier struck a gentle chord. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Burning white with fury, she crossed the room and struck him on the face. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sky was blue with a hint of that burnt orange that had haunted the atmosphere since the devastating sun flares had struck without much warning. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was interesting how Ned’s letters struck us differently from one reading to the next. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

But Sauron had already laid his plans, and he had a mind first to play these mice cruelly before he struck to kill. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And then my flailing arms struck something solid. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The retired remains of the android rocked back, collided with the car door, bounced off and struck heavily against him; he found himself struggling to shove the twitching remnants of the android away. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

But I wasn’t convinced enlightenment struck like lightning. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

For one moment she was struck utterly dumb, and in that moment her husband stepped into his rightful place. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

By the time it was over, she had been struck thirty-four times. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The beam struck the ground directly in front of us, then cut a deep smoking furrow in the earth as it continued to sweep forward, vaporizing every avatar and ship in its path. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The old man opened his cape, and the boy was struck by what he saw. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It struck the surface with its talons and rose back into the sky, carrying a large struggling fish. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He struck out the last two digits and letters. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The clock struck eleven and made me jump. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that unusual outburst he struck his sad little teapot pose. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The adult-size mask slid off George's face when the first jolt of electricity struck his body. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was striking now at the outer rim of Hrothgar’s sphere; it was only a matter of time before he struck Hrothgar. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pursued coeds by all means necessary, once landing a date with a beauty by hurling himself into the side of her car, then pretending to have been struck. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

A second rock struck Shin in the head, knocking him to the ground and making him dizzy. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The low sun of noon struck its aluminum body and it sparkled like a star in the sky. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Samuel struck him with a work-heavy fist, and Adam sprawled out in the dust. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Either way, Galileo’s and Baliani’s claims struck at the very heart of Aristotelian physics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Strange, floppy, thick-rimmed ears stuck out through his fine, white hair, and I was struck by their blood-red color next to the pallor of his face. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He watched the others go, his face gloomy as he kicked an empty cigarette packet and struck the wall with his fist. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Sitting next to her, I am struck by how pale she looks. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struck its two sides, but no sparks appeared. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The other fellow jumped down and struck him over the head with the butt-end of his heavy whip. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Which is why what Millard said next struck me as patently insane: “Stop! Everyone stop!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Without warning he had found himself on the ground, struck down and weakened by a mysterious power summoned by the man. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She clenched her hands as a sympathetic pain struck her fingernails. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Some made their homes in the river world of the Amazon basin, others struck roots in Andean mountain valleys or the open pampas of Argentina. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena remained before the door, watching as it galloped at her, sparks flying from its claws as they struck stone. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I like her appearance,” said Elizabeth, struck with other ideas. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I was struck by a horrible thought: is this what it's like? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lucien looked my father in the eye as if he expected to be struck, but he didn’t flinch. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the swirling smoke a flash of lightning struck and out of the thunder a dark figure stepped forth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have been struck by lightning, battered by sleet. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Epidemics of yellow fever also struck numerous cities in South America, Europe, Russia, and West Africa. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He was struck again by the emotion radiating off the paper. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The cross was heavy, and when He fell the soldiers whipped Him and struck Him with clubs. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lightning struck in the sky and broke the blackness apart. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the first light of the sun struck us, so did the enemy. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Each night we struck at new targets and each night we slept in a new place, under the wings of our aircraft. This was our work area, bedroom, and dining room.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

As he cursed his father, as he loved Elisha, he had, even then, been weeping; he had already passed his moment, was already under the power, had been struck, and was going down. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He struck a minor chord, looked into the eyes of his oldest child and smiled a crooked smile. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

What struck Matt was how beautiful the houses were. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes," Magistrate Tiger said, struck by the thought. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

When someone innocent gets struck down, we all look sharper for a day or two. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a time he brought them to the brink of the narrow gully that they had struck before; but they were now further from the hills. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Finally the ghost with the pope hat struck his shepherd’s crook against the floor. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

All had normal medical histories before the chemicals they were using boomeranged and struck them down. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Brian took out his knife, opened it and locked the blade, and struck the back of the hard steel against the sharp edge of the flint. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, and for the first time, really, I was struck by the bitter, irrevocable truth of it; the evil of what we had done. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It struck him like a hammer blow what must happen next. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Doors open off it, with numbers on them: a hundred and one. a hundred and two, the way you count during a thunderstorm, to see how close you are to being struck. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prior looked like he had been struck in the face. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He struck me as being very reasonable and, overall, quite pleasant, despite a nervous tic which made his mouth twitch now and then. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

So they struck the Library of Congress off their list. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

One better reason struck me, too: suppose a brawl starts up when you’ve been drinking—you might in madness let each other’s blood, and that would stain your feast, your courtship. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The raft wheeled slightly to the left and struck the boulder. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Before they could rise from their branches, though, many other arrows came up through the air and struck them down. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It struck him at once that she had changed in some ill-defined way. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In New York Hamilton was struck in the head by a rock while attempting to defend the treaty to a crowd. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

My grip on it broke, and aware that I had struck the devilfish, I quickly dropped the coils I held, for when the string runs out fast it burns your hands or becomes entangled. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the moment that the first note was struck, the audience became completely spellbound. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Not enjoying Branwell’s advantage of being struck dumb, the kids expected me to speak. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It struck a second time but never found its target. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A cart loaded with grain rumbled down the center of the road, and I jumped aside to avoid being struck by it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He walked with a lurching motion that struck Lina as somehow familiar. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The latrines were so abhorrent that most people, Nepalese and Westerners alike, evacuated their bowels outside on the open ground, wherever the urge struck. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then the smell struck him—something putrid, something so rotten that you would not even throw it into the pigpens back in his uncle’s village. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

The answer is always somewhere between the two extremes, and the balance between the two has to be struck afresh with each new topic. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Finally the great clock on the roof of the court-house struck twelve. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she laughed now, which was rare, it was only when something struck her as truly funny. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again, I’m struck by the Americanness of the throngs of people. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The bullet struck her in the head, killing her instantly as she held their ten-month-old daughter. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When the monster struck a blow, Conor felt the sting of it in his own fist. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I struck a match to light my pipe. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it struck me that this might be the moment and means of my doom; I was to be given to the wolves, and at my own instigation. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

One of the safe rollers pitched forward, and farther away, past the corner, a bullet struck an auto tire, the released air shrieking like a huge animal in agony. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another soldier came up from behind and struck him with a rifle butt. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Once he finished the Prospector and we struck it rich, he’d start work on our Glass Castle. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you a friend?” she asked, which struck me as one of those unintentionally broad and unanswerable questions. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Tom’s sergeant was shot six times by an assailant, while a bystander was struck twice. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Only three blocks from Giti’s house, a stray rocket struck the girls. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Heart thudding to the point of pain, my wrist still smarting where it had been struck, I tried to grasp what had happened. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

His point struck the bag high and, deflected by the metal plate, caught Julian squarely in the center of the chest. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Like everyone in New Orleans, he understood what could happen if a strong hurricane struck. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You can’t tell me. I understand. But why are you warning me? A sudden, unpleasant thought struck him. “Hang on — this hasn’t got anything to do with Vol- — sorry — with You-Know-Who, has it? Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

In, in, in and then slam\\ Arm struck the side of the building. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But even things as fine as all that must end sometime, and late on the afternoon of the third day the tents were struck, the pavilions were folded, and everything was packed ready to leave. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then the bell struck one time and they dispersed to their seats and the congregation sat for an instant, expectant. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

His entire head quivered like a struck bell. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The name struck Lazlo as an unpleasant twinge behind his eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“And that’s when you were struck by the golf ball?” his father asked, wincing at the thought. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then lightning struck ground, sending those horses toward the house and my leg into pieces. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

What had turned up was these three terrifying girls who had struck him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled back the hammer, and the sound struck the ship like thunder. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And when the shadow struck, leaving me there on the ground, crying and bleeding, that wasn’t real, either. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while he was as still as if his own curse had struck him down; then suddenly he wept. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then the importance of that simple statement struck him. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The rider chopped viciously at Taran’s head, swung around, and struck again. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“A young, vigorous, athletic woman might have struck them, especially if she were in the grip of a strong emotion, but it is in my opinion highly unlikely.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

What struck me most about their faces was that I couldn’t see their eyes, just a faint glimmer in a nest of wrinkles. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

But a warrior struck him brutally to the ground, leaped astride the limp figure, and trussed him tightly. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the big white house facing the Common, the tall clock struck nine. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The class respected what Brad had tried to do, and Ralph was struck by a sudden thought: Brad was exactly the sort of boy who could understand a mouse who rode a motorcycle. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

A stronger gust struck, lifting her slightly, taking some weight off the board, and one of the metal-detector lights flickered stronger. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The place was subdued, for Mexico, which had struck me as visceral, like a body turned inside out so the blood was on the outside. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She fought back with her fists, exchanging a flurry of blows with the driver, who spat upon her as he struck her. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Zeus would not allow a mortal to have power over the dead and he struck Aesculapius with his thunderbolt and slew him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know that the awful accusation struck not so much at my filial love as at the foundation of my new existence. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time, no one was struck with a whip for cheering too loudly. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Every time he struck, Archer flinched, gripping his sword tighter and tighter and tighter. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Would he be struck dead if he made himself the equal of others, even in fancy? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was struck by how beautiful they looked together. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

By the time I struck the third chord everyone knew what it was: “Tinker Tanner.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The twister struck with such force that it knocked me off my feet and left me trembling on the ground. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Falling she struck a theater marquee, bounced off it, and rolled under the wheels of a taxi. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shay ducked behind Tally as they struck a wall of spray. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He’d struck it rich selling automobiles and had plenty of money to pay for one of the biggest suites on the ship. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

I watched Drew talk with the Bedouins, heard the strange, smooth sounds falling from his lips, and was struck by the implausibility of my presence there. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His extraordinary skills on the violin led many to suspect he had struck a deal with the devil. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The full meaning of what he had said struck him like a blow. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He struck her so hard she fell down. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He went careening by, and Anya heard a dull whack as the serpent struck the side of the newcomer’s boot. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Goldman wasn’t much interested in physics, but it struck him that some of the same mathematical principles the group was using might be helpful in deciding whether someone was suffering a heart attack. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

His tracks zigzag like a struck deer's in the dust of Serra's catacombs. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A match was struck, and a lantern flared to life overhead. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

At that point, a new and doubly horrifying thought struck me. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Blue Springs struck first, taking the lead on an easy shot from ten yards out. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

There was something diabolically sweet in her tones—something of the tingling of glass when struck—which rang through the brains even of us who heard the words addressed to another. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Molly is struck by how frail she is, how narrow her silhouette. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He raised his hand and struck her a flat blow on the cheek. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The piece of timber must have struck a glancing blow on the left side. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They struck off north and west along a crooked game trail. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At bayonet-practice I had constantly to fight with Himmelstoss, I with a heavy iron weapon, whilst he had a handy wooden one with which he easily struck my arms till they were black and blue. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we had got some little distance away, we went into a clump of trees, and struck a match, and looked at the child’s throat. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

A regiment of Reb raptor riders assaulted our post and your brother was struck in the head by a rifle butt. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They kicked the students, called them names, slapped them in the face, dragged them by the ears, whipped them, and struck their hands with wooden sticks and rulers. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Charlie whipped a toast wedge that struck me below my eye. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Ekon dodged just in time, rolling away over leaves as it struck at a nearby tree and splintered the wood. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

As the clock struck the midnight hour, a loud knocking made me start up with fear. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“How dare you! This is how you choose to repay me? Not only have you struck him, you have provoked his asthma!” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

In a fury he hewed at them with his sword, but the thread that he struck did not break. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

On the question of assuming the state debts, Madison's opposition struck Hamilton as even more illogical and blatantly sinister. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In the fearful tempest which struck the Greeks after they left for Greece, Agamemnon came near to losing all his ships; Menelaus was blown to Egypt; and the arch-sinner, sacrilegious Ajax, was drowned. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of these icebergs turned and struck the Nautilus as it was cruising underwater. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

One evening, hurrying around before catching his flight to Haiti, Farmer stepped off a curb and was struck by a car. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He struck me as incredibly happy with his life. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It struck him that it had been a long time since he had reared back like this, so he just let the laughter carry on as long as it wanted. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Cut them both off. He fought. Strong boy, even if he didn’t show much sense. The judge’s son hit him, and he struck back. And he said some things he shouldn’t have said.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He came all unsuspecting and Jason struck him down and his dark blood dyed his sister’s silvery robe as she shrank away. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bran,” I said, “this is the way I look at it. You were struck dumb for a very good reason. Your silence saved Nikki’s life.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He returned to England that summer, hoping to overturn the studies with his analysis, but was struck by pneumonia and died suddenly at home. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He reached back and struck Ben, breaking the flower stalk again. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

What struck her most was their attitude of fatalism, as if this was how it always turned out, whatever the initial promise or potential. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Biting down on her hand to keep from crying out in pain, Violet felt the place in her shoulder where she had been struck, and it was wet with blood. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The guy was dressed as Santa Claus, and struck Rindlisbacher as “creepy,” Singleton recalls. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I was struck by the different, distinctive coughs—bass, baritone, and tenor. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The configuration struck me as significant, in some way that was not entirely clear, everyone except for Bunny—“What’s going on?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Thomas was struck with an odd mix of horror and embarrassment. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Tell me, Stevens, aren't you struck by even the remote possibility that I am correct? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Of every improbability packed into that moment, this struck him the most forcefully. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then she came at him with a full wine bottle and struck him squarely on the temple, knocking him down half stunned on one knee. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In 1929, the same Great Depression that affected the United States also struck Germany and other European countries. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And when he told her that airplanes had been in existence before he was born, and long before the Revolution, the fact struck her as totally uninteresting. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

When it didn’t go through completely, he hit it again and again and again until finally the tire iron struck dirt. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Most of us came from Dauntless, but I’m struck by how different we are anyway. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Taran scrambled to his feet and struck blindly with his sword. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Setting music in stone, as it were, so that it stayed the same for each performance, year in and year out, would have struck them as a contradiction of music’s function and enjoyment. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

She picked up a padded stick and struck a nearby bass drum six times. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the steel struck the flint, such men were rare as dragon’s teeth; elsewise the world would not have been so full of slaves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They took the matches from her and they struck them. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Like a pitcher on fire, throwing fastball after fastball, heaven struck me out and good. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

There was a knee to the ribs and then another blow, I don’t even know from where, struck me in the back of the head, jarring my brain. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

When she drew back the hood of her brown cloak, he saw the bruise where the king had struck her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was that adjective “poor” that struck them dumb. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There he struck his lyre, and at the sound all that vast multitude were charmed to stillness. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the ending of the song struck me like a fist in my chest, as it always does, no matter where or when I listen to it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It continued to smoke vigorously even after it struck the slack. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A gust of wind, hitting a pile of chaff, will scatter all the parched stuff far and wide; just so, when this gigantic billow struck the boat’s big timbers flew apart. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow Ryan had managed to free himself from a pile of debris that had almost buried him when the molasses wave struck. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

A cry rang out, the voice of a man in agony: “God! I am struck! My death blow—” and silence again. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The descent on the bridge was even more dizzying, and Nina was relieved when her feet struck solid white marble once more. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

‘Get up, you idiot!’ he shouted to the other beggar, who had sat down on the ground; and he struck him with his staff. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

After the flares struck they’d been left with only whatever they had that hadn’t fried, and batteries only lasted so long. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The pit was completely black when his hands struck against rock instead of bone. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If struck in a vital spot by the oversized ball at such close range, the chances of a serious or mortal injury were high. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

We can imagine our ancestors gazing idly up on some night a hundred thousand years ago and noting a strange cloud arising from the unilluminated part of the Moon, suddenly struck by the Sun’s rays. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Capricorn gave him a look of such contempt that Basta flinched backward as if he had been struck. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The crowding, poor nutrition, and lack of hygiene made disease rampant; from typhus to scarlet fever, from malnutrition to psychosis, illness of some kind struck nearly every family. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The lines struck me as wistful suggestions of a stricter time, of rules now observed in the breach, a memory fading like the strict lessons of the Academy. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It struck Harriet in the forehead, leaving a great open gash there. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clock struck midnight and he was asleep. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hamilton was struck on his right side and died the following day. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But now, the stories Nellie told struck him as the most important thing in the world and he listened as if his life depended on what she said. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

When, thirty minutes later, he heard the noise of distant helicopters coming from the west, he struck out away from the timber trail and into the woods. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Mother had dropped the blow-dryer and it had struck the floor, its roar now doubled as it rebounded off the exposed concrete. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

One struck a stick against a box, making the flash and odor of a tiny hell. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It struck me I had never asked him how old the child was, boy or girl. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arrows came whistling in, but struck the northern wall, and fell harmlessly to the floor. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She saw storms, rain, water droplets forming and falling and breaking apart as they struck the surface of the sea. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Parvati said as the Weird Sisters struck up a new song, which was much faster. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Three days later, while Cole was cooking lunch in the fire pit, a rock struck the ground only feet away. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Fats had struck it rich singing songs way before Dad was born. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell, by the way the ribbon had struck a letter sometimes half-red and half-black, that it had been written on the typewriter in the all-night study room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Standing armies struck him as inherently dangerous and expensive items. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In a split second she struck the water. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

With a turn of her arm she brought the sword into blocking position, her legs bracing for the impact as steel struck steel. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The knife flew from her fingers as her back struck the desk. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was a wonder she wasn’t struck down as she spoke. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Dobyns was struck by the disparity between the large number of burials recorded at the parish and the far smaller number of baptisms. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

As if to confirm people’s biblical fears, the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Lisbon in 1755 struck on 1 November: All Saints’ Day. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The rain bellowed against the roof and struck against the side of their house. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And now I’m struck with a crippling wave of panic that starts in my chest and pulls like a lethal gravity, collapsing my lungs until I’ve imploded so deep within myself, I can’t breathe. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“The evidence is that David Kibuuka got struck by lightning and it wasn’t even raining.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Now that I was closer, I noticed that Stanchion’s hair was a deep, bashful red that hid if the light struck him the wrong way. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I threw out my foot as she struck, and the sole of my tennis shoe took the blow. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peeta seems to be struck with the same reluctance I’m experiencing. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He would also be struck by the dramatically elevated significance of one particular institutional force in the perpetuation and deepening of those patterns: the criminal justice system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

What if, we said, what if in another universe, a split reality, God reached out his finger and lightning struck the Clairmont house? We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The handle struck Nathan’s head with a sickening thud, and he crumpled into the straw. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sudden bursts of flame were easily avoided because, just before they struck, there was a deep kind of popping sound clearly coming from the vicinity where the flames would then appear. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A line of blood struck me across the face. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cap put his all into C Average, and for that he was struck down. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Not content with that, Kinsworthy produced a flint from his wallet, struck sparks, and set ablaze the place I had called my home for thirteen years. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Some shone like white lace curtains in the moonlight, but others struck unexpectedly from the darkness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I am struck by the word species, by the idea that he thinks I am something entirely else, like an ant or a dog or a deer. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Judge Bekker always struck me as open-minded and seemed aware that the accused before him had suffered a great deal at the hands of the state. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gritted his teeth and struck the white fingers with the butt of the gun. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was struck by how formal he sounded and he didn’t want the Underlanders to think he was making fun of them. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The gwythaint struck with beak and talons, but its strength had gone. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Ricketts’ was located in a quiet residential area many blocks away from the docks where the pestilence had first struck. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The Doctor, struck with joy & amazement, asked him how he knew it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The full force of the headache struck a few minutes later, as I was chatting with Helen and Chhongba in the mess tent. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Belknap found it bleak and strange, with passages that struck off in unexpected directions. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There was a silence while Grandpa struck a match on the sole of his shoe, put it to the cigar, and changed the subject. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

At this point August stood up and struck the pose herself. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was tightly closed, with only the smallest indentation as evidence that it had been struck by the arrow. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The serpent struck at her retreating fingers, snapping shut on empty air where her hand had been a moment before. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It struck him that in moments of crisis one is never fighting against an external enemy but always against one’s own body. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

No photo advised as to the applicant’s color—that requirement, instituted under the administration of Woodrow Wilson, was struck down as the Roosevelt administration tried to dismantle discrimination in hiring practices. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Strange that it never struck me that the very next house might be the Count’s hiding-place! Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

A sudden thought struck like a blow to my belly, leaving me breathless. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Suitcase’s grammatical mistake struck everyone as extremely comical. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The train wasn't coming back, and standing there was achieving nothing, so I struck out toward the biggest mound. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The Justice gestured again and one of the guards struck Skarpi a blow to the back of the head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They heard the tolling of a bell, ringing slowly and deeply, and as the hours struck, Ash remembered that the time she had been granted that night was coming to an end. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger doubled his fist and struck his solar plexus. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She has started several holes before, but they have been unsuccessful, they struck rock. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But when they touched him, he reared back like a wounded beast, and with a spurt of energy struck away their hands. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

A bullet struck his leg, but he rode on, leading the final assault that shattered the British fortifications. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

One had struck his stomach, just below his heart. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

They arrived two days after the hurricane struck the city. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It struck Rishi how soft and vulnerable and hurt his little brother looked in the instant before his defensiveness came back. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Carl never saw it coming, either, and when the hapless bird banged head-on into his ear he gave a startled yelp, tumbling over sideways as if struck by a bullet. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the big front windows of the dance halls, people gyrated to pounding music as though they were struck with some serious disease. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Laws were passed prohibiting miscegenation, the last of which were not struck down by the US Supreme Court until 1967. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The conflict struck many people as horribly modern, fought as it was with recent inventions like tanks, airplanes, and poison gas. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

During a quiet moment it struck me that Congo was an easier country to survive in than most during a time of war. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Beowulf smiled, as though all this struck him as great foolishness now. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two earthquakes struck London in March 1750 and convinced many Londoners that the end was nigh. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

When the sun struck them suddenly, flying through windy clouds, the brightness was almost more than Marly could bear. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She released the arrow, and the tree shuddered when it struck, its metal point buried in the bark. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Obinze had always been struck by how important it was to her to be a wholesomely agreeable person, to have no sharp angles sticking out. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was struck, however, by how enthralled Myrta seemed to be whenever Holmes was around and by how even Myrta’s mother—Belknap’s niece by marriage—appeared to glow in Holmes’s presence. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Already the hour had struck, and at his great Master’s bidding he must march with war into the West. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I fell into a deep, black abyss lined with tree roots and rocks, and they struck me as I fell. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The decision struck me as well-intentioned but generally impractical, and it did little to build my confidence in the campaign team that now more or less ran our lives. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Neither had ever performed this simple maneuver, on land let alone in water, and it struck them at the same moment that there was room for error. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In 1841, according to one legislative report, “More than a hundred blows were struck daily. . . . The whipping post was never dry. ” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father always struck me as the sort of man who, under the right circumstances, might have invented the microwave oven or the transistor radio. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

If someone struck a match on the Moon, they could spot the flare. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

A big diamond- back rattler struck at Papa and Papa chopped his head off with one quick lick of his scythe. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Simultaneously, his hand shot out and struck Rollo on the jaw. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, down in South Carolina the assurances afforded slavery that so troubled Martin of Maryland struck many delegates as inadequate. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Not for the first time, Leo was struck by how similar Greece was to his home state of Texas - the low hills, the scrubby trees, the drone of cicadas and the oppressive summer heat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My lungs went out only so far before they struck against it and closed back in. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was certain no one was near, he reached into his pocket, fumbled in the dark, and struck a match. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But for the first time Sandwich had struck a chord with him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like a blizzard had struck the building—from the inside. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

As I went down, my jaw struck the blunt side of the blade of an axe jutting from the side of the crate. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Charles crossed the slick marble floor, something else struck him. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

As he raised his head a bullet had struck him. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally sank lower into the frantic water, struck by the thought that she would be left here, naked and alone, with nothing. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The musty smell of old books struck me with a wave of nostalgia for the reading room at the Somerville public library. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“I got this tomato from Colonel Cathcart,” he said, and was struck by how ludicrous his explanation sounded. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Provided with a single motorcycle, its bin full of rich seeds and sprouts, he had parked his vehicle in the valley wilderness and struck out on foot over the land. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

My elbow struck the ground and my arm went numb. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“When you get struck by lightning, you’ll get me fried, too.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hannah put the Kentucky Wonders over the fire and, struck by a sudden sleepiness, she went off to lie down in the front room. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Working methodically, she shaved some dry tinder, set the fire, and struck a match. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He found what was left of the sword a few feet away, the end splintered and twisted like a tree struck by lightning. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

‘This is where he struck the earth,’ Annabeth said, ‘where he made a saltwater spring appear when he had the contest with my mom to sponsor Athens.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They themselves had revealed how they struck up storms to force travelers to seek shelter. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Outside, the guard struck out with his newspaper again, and below her Fenoglio tossed and turned restlessly on the narrow bunk. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He began with the departure from Troy and the storm that struck the Fleet. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water was choppier in close, and twice he struck a stone ridge just beneath the surface, the second time so hard he was afraid it might bash in the boards. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It struck me that they might have found each other, which, in an odd way, made me feel left out. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tea Cake and Janie were some distance from the house before they struck serious water. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

It struck him as odd that there were no real candles in the house. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then it became clear: a little thing like a weathervane, with four sails black on one side and white on the other, that began to whirl around as the light struck it. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Which she received,” I struck in, “when she was dressing for her marriage? At twenty minutes to nine?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The tree struck him with such force it would’ve flattened me into a Percy pizza with extra olives. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He took the lighter from his pocket and struck the wheel with his thumb. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Over the firewood, she struck two rocks together, trying to catch a spark. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“He struck me,” Fitzsimmons said, “as a bird that could sing but wouldn’t unless we made him.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been struck by lightning a few years back, and the pastor had said it was a sign from heaven, like a blessing, and that they ought to leave it just like that. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There was only one step on the porch and then a crunch as jumping feet struck earth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had never known that ice could take on so many shades of blue: sharp lines of indigo like the deepest sea, aquamarine shadows, even the glint of blue-green where the sun struck just so. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Remembering this incident years later, Billy was struck by what a Tralfamadorian adventure with death that had been, to be dead and to eat at the same time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once Sixth Hour struck I was fair game for Tibe’s men, and none could cry Murder, but only Justice done. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

As he stepped past the trees, a sudden realization struck me like a lightning bolt. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was struck by how much the back of the wagon smelled like the two of them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then another typhoon struck, again destroying most of the Mongolian fleet. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then the stray American shell struck the fort, and the wounded howled down in the munitions cellar, and the dead were buried under rocks just above the tide line, and Etienne stopped talking. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then the chisel struck again, and the light leapt into my head, and through the thick, warm, furry dark, a voice cried, "Mother!" The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The belling tower struck the hour outside, and Kilvin looked around, marking the faces of everyone there. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He is absolutely mad for he has to pass through the barrage; but this lightning that lowers somewhere above us has struck him and made him demented. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went on north, after which I struck out northeastward by myself into the high foothills of the Sembensyen. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I counted the tolls until they struck eleven. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Both of her arms had been struck, and one had nearly been ripped from the socket. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Those creeps passed around the Spanish newspaper and clapped each other on the back, as if they themselves had struck a big blow against the forces of evil. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped, holding the kettle in midair, as if struck by a sudden thought. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

As a former officer looking back into Sing Sing’s history, I was struck by lost institutions of the old prison, such as the bands that played as prisoners marched to chow. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked around the chapel and was again struck by how many women were wearing skirts cut above the knee. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There was less a sense of penetration than the feeling that I’d been struck with a sledgehammer. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The horror of it struck Mark like an anvil to his chest, and the rage he’d grown all too familiar with came boiling back up. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Annabeth was struck by a thought so sharp and clear, it was like a blade from Athena herself. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But the other still struggled, and Jason freed one hand and struck him on the head. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chances of finding the parrot struck me as fairly slim. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

For every animal struck down, there rose an equal and opposite cry of human jubilation. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you could for a moment rise up out of your own beloved skin and appraise ant, human, and virus as equally resourceful beings, you might admire the accord they have all struck in Africa. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was struck by how traumatized, fragile, and confused Shin seemed. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

My hopes were all dead—struck with a subtle doom, such as, in one night, fell on all the first-born in the land of Egypt. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

A rattlesnake often warned a body before it struck, but a cottonmouth might attack before folks even knew it was there. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“This is where the blow struck my helmet. There is a dent as large as a basin.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

It struck me odd, each time I thought about it, how buildings could have such personalities. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

And it struck me that, for the first time since arriving in France, I could understand every word that someone was saying. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

As the water struck the children, they sang one word over and over: “Freedom!” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Theodore Dreiser reached Chicago about when Holmes did and was struck by this landscape of anticipation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When it struck the stone floor, the metal was so cold it didn’t simply crack or dent, it shattered like glass. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Elxa Dal struck a nearby brazier with the flat of his hand, making it ring softly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“And both Rider wild cards are struck out by a rookie mistake!” the analyst shouts. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It had struck her as comically officious then, hearing his full name uttered. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I opened my mouth to reassure Wil and Sim that I was fine, but just then I heard the hour being struck, and I only had time for a hurried good-bye. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her mother had planned to teach her the art of the dyes, but the time had not yet come before the illness struck. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a relief to know she had the power of speech, but I was struck again by the power of cancer to get attention. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Basta hit her in the face so hard that her head struck the grating. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But now that she was staring at the truth, she felt, well, struck by lightning. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was struck by the possibility that those who had killed the dogs might not have been law-enforcement officers at all. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

One of the new victims revealed that Mrs. Moss beat her for putting a movie in the wrong case and struck her in the face for not sweeping the patio correctly. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

As soon as Sam had struck a spark into the tinder, it kindled the dry grass and a flurry of flame and smoke went up. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The clock struck nine deliberate strokes and they were swallowed up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stood looking down at him thoughtfully for a while, and then an idea stemming from experience with older brothers suddenly struck her. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the Huntsmen shifted his attack to Taran, who struck out at him with all his strength. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

This belief that the disease was brought in resurfaced wherever the fever struck. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

No one else struck out the rest of the game—except Turner. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

But these marvels did not check his fury; he struck again and again until the great oak crashed to the ground. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something struck hard in Ekon’s chest, coursing through him like an invisible current of energy as the words sank in. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He scrambled up and saw the snake outlined against the landing light: It struck, and Hermione dived aside with a shriek; her deflected curse hit the curtained window, which shattered. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel too bad — if I’d been a real bonobo mother I would have struck him a whole lot harder. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

When he struck the icy water, he feared his heart might stop. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Now that I had a chance to think about it, the Whitechapel Club’s decorations struck me as ostentatious and overdone as the false medals of a military imposter. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Rarely has he ever spoken this way, to a great assemblage of us, and I am struck both by the power of his voice and the frailness of his person. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Three times Sam struck with all his force, and at last one single cord of all the countless cords snapped and twisted, curling and whipping through the air. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

What this technique does is eke out as many as possible of the sympathetic resonances, or harmonics, latent in the reverberating strings, thus imitating the natural harmonics found in plucked strings and struck metal bars. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

As he filled his here were times—not many, but a few—when Jon wine cup once more from a passing flagon, it struck him that this might be one of them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain snorted with contempt, but from the look of fury in the man’s eyes, Reynie felt he’d struck the right note. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

With his free hand, Kronos struck her face, and she slid backward. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

His question struck me like a slap in the face. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Jagged bolts struck all around us, trees burst into flames, and deep crevasses appeared in the earth. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And then two things struck me at once. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Curse me, but he was the strongest chap I ever struck, an’ him a old feller, with a white moustache, one that thin you would think he couldn’t throw a shadder.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He stood there with the sunshine dappling him over and sometimes his hooves struck a spark from the stones as he pawed the ground. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing engulfed in the fumes filling the hall, it struck me that I couldn't realistically reject the job. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lamassus struck first and Nergal pulled out the spear to defend himself, but he instantly vanished under a mass of frenzied big cats. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

No bolt of inspiration struck, and the bookstore didn’t magically offer up a solution as she’d hoped it would, but she was quite content to roam. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They were probably studying the old woman, trying to figure out who the new player was before they struck. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

As I lowered the main, the keel struck a solid wall of coral heads and we heaved forward and came to a grinding stop. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

A killer whale surfaced next to the boat, and Percy struck up a mental conversation with him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It connected itself with other vaguely felt matters that had struck her outside observation and buried themselves in her flesh. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Five o’clock had hardly struck on the morning of the 19th of January, when Bessie brought a candle into my closet and found me already up and nearly dressed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It struck Goldstein’s nose and bounced off; the voice continued inexorably. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The sky was clear in the southwest and the rays of the sun struck through the trees, red, warm, and dazzling. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

There was something about those closed doors and shuttered windows that struck coldly at me, used as I was to open fields and the sky and the unfettered sight of the sun. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, the WASPs struck back and got me this time. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another eight million civilians perished because they were caught in the cross fire, or struck down by the starvation and disease that war brings with it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He turned, and the impostor-Reed leapt forward and struck him square across the jaw. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then, while he was looking at it, the stream of hissing silver struck it and whirled it off the tank, out of sight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Presently my focus was tracking down Arachnomorph before he struck again. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

If I’d tried in childhood to imagine my present life in the jungle, I’d have been struck numb with the adventure of it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I recall being once again struck with the realization that they would be there for me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She made for the island, and when her oar struck bottom, she jumped out and dragged the craft onto shore. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got one good look at his frightened face before Redbeard struck her in the side of the head. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He whirled and struck the head of the seated man like a melon. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Resentment and jealousy have again struck me down. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

MaWee struck a match and set all the candles on the board burning. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I was still waking up and it struck me now with force that I should have been looking out for my family. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wherever they struck, they hissed and burst like clouds of dust, sprinkling the hull with specks of light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

So far, Mr. Benedict had said nothing that struck Reynie as particularly unpleasant. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was so struck by the sight of the table where they were lifting the woman I didn't say a word. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He tried to blow on her skin—it was the only thing he could think of—but Rita struck him, knocked over the pot and spilled the rest of the water. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He struck in a humming circle behind him and Ralph only just parried the blow. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

What struck him most of all was the number of open mouths. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The group did not return to the meadow, but struck out across the woods. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Ironically, though, while Newton was distracted from following up his ideas about gravity, in 1674 Hooke had struck to the heart of the problem of orbital motion. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

A burst of rain struck the bow and rushed down the vertical webs. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Bloom explained that he also had been struck on the head with a baton. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually the hour struck and the customers donned their hats and said their farewells. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t worried about that Twinkle being struck silent in his presence. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was a blow struck against the Party. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But the wind-swift sons of the North Wind followed them; they caught up with them and struck at them with their swords. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

One time when we were in Płaszów a guard struck my mother on the side of her head with a wood plank. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I struck at them, holding the body as a shield, and two fell bleeding from my nails at the first little swipe. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something about the way they walked that struck him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They struck him on the head and shoulders with their clubs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

On the stage, a brass band struck up an oompah-pah waltz. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Shadrach struck a few chords on the guitar and seemed to study their harmony closely before he replied. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they stepped into the darkness the clamor of voices struck against them. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

With his criminal record struck off, he could apply to medical college when the war was over, or even go for a commission now in the Medical Corps. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He struck the match and held the flame for her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As they approached the forum, Percy was struck by the sheer number of people. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Call it a side effect of being struck by lightning. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then he looked for his sword that he had let fall; for even as he struck his blow his arm was numbed, and now he could only use his left hand. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

A house three blocks over was struck by a lightning bolt and burned to the ground. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had been no sign of Sidhean since the night she had struck the bargain with him, either, and she wondered whether her wish really would be granted. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slowly bent down and picked up the rock that had struck me. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He struck as Methuselah would have wanted him to! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The Gypsies talked and laughed, and when a band of children with battered horns and fiddles struck up a song, they danced. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

A thought struck her, and Celaena tilted her head to the side. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Charles Monet had been an Exocet missile that struck the hospital below the water line. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved the scratching sound of the match against the sandpapery brown strip when I struck it, and the way the flame leaped out of the red- coated tip with a pop and a hiss. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was struck with a pang of bitter jealousy that Sticky was about to take his place in the Whisperer. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He struck a match and lit a cigarette, briefly illuminating his face. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Telemakhos’ frenzy struck someone as funny, and soon the whole room roared with laughter at him, so that all tension passed. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It struck Emily how different it was, attending a new school with James already her friend. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It all sounded very glamorous, although the idea of tossing up my skirts for pay struck me as being even more laborious than killing the dead. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Imagine my teenage wrath when, time after time, my homework was returned with this well-meant floating apostrophe struck out. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

At this last pronouncement, Joe sat at the table staring at his father as if struck dumb. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The men rowing the boats struck at their hands with the oars, but they would not let go. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When her switch whistled through the air and struck me, leaving welts, I didn’t cry. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

It then struck at the federal government with a vengeance. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Never did we dream that shortly the bombs would fall on a faraway harbor whose name struck a chill across our own small, landlocked Pearl. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My vision went dark as the back of my head struck the ground and all the air was driven from my body. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Confined to wheelchair; disease struck about four years ago. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a very fat and lively puppy when she was struck down, but five days of fever reduced her to a little skin-covered skeleton. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There they sat, a row of statues, each, as it were, frozen stiff in the attitude he had struck when he first saw Perseus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she looked at me, her eyes bright behind narrowed lids and raised up and struck me where it hurt. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl stared, horror- struck, at the odd-shaped scar on the woman’s forehead. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

When the old bull slashed at him again, he struck first and sunk his teeth into the other’s neck. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blanca pretended to accept his explanation, but her husband’s vehemence struck her as suspicious, since he normally paid no attention to her problems. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she always was, always something a bit different, always something that had struck her fancy. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then he struck the shore and turned south, keeping outside the breakers and inland of the islands, until he found Popham and rowed up the shining waters of the Kennebec. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

And it struck Obinze that, a few years ago, they were attending weddings, now it was christenings and soon it would be funerals. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

So easy, to feel them go down my throat: but blinking in the glare of my desk lamp, I was struck with a wave of revulsion so strong it was almost nausea. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She wanted to show him the fin that had risen above her head, and Loo’s face when she’d struck it. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

That I proposed to climb to the cruising altitude of an Airbus 300 jetliner struck me, at that moment, as preposterous, or worse. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know what you’re talking about!” he shouts back at me, his voice laced with fury, and I know I struck a chord. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z