Sentence examples for compound was struck from inspiring English sources

When the compound was struck smartly by the hammer, it exploded with a strong flash that ignited the main charge in the barrel.

The square is watched over by Israeli machine guns and snipers, and early today a Palestinian inside the compound was struck in the chest by a sniper's bullet, Palestinian officials said.

While the organization still has far fewer than the more than 500 international experts that it had in 2003 when the compound was struck by a truck bomb, its staff has expanded significantly from the skeleton crew of 35 that it maintained after the attack.

Then, one by one, the children in the compound were struck by convulsions and sweats.

There was insufficient evidence to determine who was responsible for the other deaths, but investigators said all six who died in the temple compound were struck by high-velocity rounds.

On a recent visit to this large, shabby, sprawling compound I was struck by the lackadaisical security.

Abdurahman Sangki's own compound in Ampatuan was struck by a mortar shell on April 12.

Officials said they did not know whether Mullah Muhammad Omar, the leader of the Taliban, or Osama bin Laden was present at the compound when it was struck.

Eventually a deal was struck.

Local news reports citing hospital officials and residents of the compounds that were struck quoted them as saying that the car-bomb attacks had apparently left some victims dead.

The patrol stood and sprinted toward the withdrawing Taliban, and then ran across irrigation dikes and poppy fields and entered the compound that had been struck.