Struck example sentences

And she saw it all again, last Saturday — saw him ghost past the lumbering defenders, heard the fifty thousand catch their breath as he hovered momentarily over the ball, and then the explosion of sound as he struck it crisply into the goal, the sudden thunderous eruption of exultant approbation.I struck at the water as I went down, expending my strength as one in a nightmare figurehts an irresistible force.Then I felt like laughing when it struck me that the tears I was shedding were not tears but drops of jalebi syrup.Bishamber raised the garland to place it round the bride's neck; but before he could do so, Bholi's hand struck out like a streak of lightning and the garland was flung into the fire.When the world 'bearer' is struck off by drawing a line, the cheque becomes an order cheque.Suppose it struck, what was the medicine I had to take? There were no medicines in the room.Tilly Smith (a British school girl) was able to save many lives when the tsunami struck Phuket beach in Thailand.As a consequence there was a large casualty of curious onlookers when the gigantic wave (tsunami) struck.” The tramp took a step forward and struck the table with his fist.Tsunami or the harbour wave struck havoc in the Indian Ocean on the 26 December 200 The wave was the result of the earthquake that had its epicenter close to the western boundary of Sumatra.I watched dumbstruck as a hundred carefully sorted documents came raining down in a fluttery cascade, coins bounced to a variety of noisy oblivions and the now-lidless tin of tobacco rolled crazily across the concourse disgorging its contents as it went.Such big, bright-looking shops! What glittering displays of clothes and other merchandise! Such big crowds! Struck dumb with wonder, alli gaped at everything.I struck it sharply with the side of my fist and the drawer flew open to reveal a shallow space underneath, a secret drawer.The confused bandsmen thought this was the end of the ceremony and struck up a closing song.But suddenly she saw a young cow lying dead by the roadside, just where it had been struck by some fast-moving vehicle.