struck
the simple past tense and a past participle of strike.
(of a factory, industry, etc.) closed or otherwise affected by a strike of workers.
overcome, obsessed, or deeply affected by a specified person, feeling, or thing (used in combination): Ichabod was horror-struck on perceiving that the rider was headless.If you know any stagestruck youngsters begging for ballet lessons, these new dance books will get them off on the right foot.
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How to use struck in a sentence
It was seen by a small delegation of star-struck prelates and dignitaries who later described the film as “moving.”
Pope Francis Has the Pleasure of Meeting Angelina Jolie for a Few Seconds | Barbie Latza Nadeau | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHe spoke of the present-day tragedies and turmoil that struck the city while he and his classmates were in the academy.
The NYPD Emerald Society pipes and drums struck up a slow march and the procession began the journey to the cemetery.
Choking Back Tears, Thousands of Cops Honor Fallen Officer Ramos | Michael Daly | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe has struck a promising tone these last few days with his rhetoric about trying to “see each other.”
Like that tourist handing out cigars, I, too, had a family member in one of the towers that had been struck by a plane.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind | Brin-Jonathan Butler | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The clock struck ten, and clerks poured in faster than ever, each one in a greater perspiration than his predecessor.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles DickensThe king was struck with horror at the description I had given him of those terrible engines, and the proposal I had made.
Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan SwiftIt was all breeze and freshness, and the sunlight struck picturesquely aslant the hill-sides.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayThen he clapped his fiddle under his chin and without more ado struck up "Bobbing Joan."
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsThe very first chords which Mademoiselle Reisz struck upon the piano sent a keen tremor down Mrs. Pontellier's spinal column.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate Chopin
British Dictionary definitions for struck
/ (strʌk) /
the past tense and past participle of strike
mainly US and Canadian (of an industry, factory, etc) shut down or otherwise affected by a labour strike
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