Sentence examples for because it struck mostly from inspiring English sources

The solar flares for the Halloween 2003 event was much more powerful than the March 1989 storm, but its impact was less severe because it struck mostly at the poles, and did not swoop down as far south into populated areas.

AIDS is not like the bubonic plague: it strikes mostly those of bread-winning age, and it kills them slowly.

What she watched: The No1 Ladies Detective Agency BBC1 Red Riding C4 Mistresses BBC1 Holloway ITV1 I haven't read the Alexander McCall Smith novels, on which The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is based, mostly because it struck me as the sort of thing that could make me jump up and down and shout a lot, and not in a good way.

Not everyone got the joke, in part because it struck so close to home.

That upset the workers because it struck at a basic tenet of unionism: seniority preferences.

Syracuse was his choice, he said, because it struck the perfect balance.

Like most exaggerations, of course, it works only because it strikes close to the truth.

I've become obsessed with epigenetics because it strikes me as both game-changing and terrifying.

The faults strike mostly towards the NW and NE (KML 1999a).

But obviously it struck a nerve because..

Peyton's early work had mostly positive reviews, but it struck (and still strikes) some people as sentimental kitsch.