The phrase "almost struck" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where something nearly happened, particularly in the context of an impact or collision.
Example: "The car almost struck the pedestrian who suddenly stepped onto the road."
Alternatives: "nearly hit" or "almost collided".
They had avoided financial doom — but disaster almost struck again.
Instead, it was the visitors who almost struck first, from Stewart Downing's 17th-minute corner.
Bardes was responding to an unrelated crash involving the Florida Highway Patrol when Strother almost struck him with his car.
It almost struck a deal to combine with DX last year but the transaction later fell apart.
In the past, the Durst family has almost struck deals with Morgan Stanley, Chemical Bank, Nasdaq, L'Oreal and Zurich Insurance.
In Friday's second round he overhit the fourth green to such a degree that he almost struck Adam Scott on the fifth tee.
He has a slip, short leg and short extra cover for Trott – and almost strikes with his fifth ball.
As the Pajero roared past, almost striking the men's pushcarts, Mr. Saidi said he noticed that it had no spare-tire carrier on its rear end.
Coyle responded by introducing Fortuné at half-time, although it was Rovers who would almost strike again as Khumalo's terrific header crashed against a post.
33rd over: England 98-1 (Vaughan 30, Bell 65) Murali almost strikes with his second ball after the drinks break: Vaughan goes back as he prepares to cut but the ball follows him and he gets an inside edge to leg.
Suspended from the roof, this decommissioned plane hangs above the ground like a plumb line, massive nose almost striking the floor, wings spread – a predator to the nearby prey of a Sepecat Jaguar lying beached and inverted on the floor.
