Sentence examples for lines strike from inspiring English sources

Why do these collections of shrewdly borrowed shapes and broken lines strike us as real?

In 1935, the Group was carried to international celebrity overnight by Clifford Odets's agit-prop one-act play "Waiting for Lefty," and it was Kazan, newly promoted from stage manager to actor, who shouted the play's famous last lines — "Strike!

You're more aware than usual of when certain lines strike home with the audience, and you may find yourself wondering about the personal history of everyone watching the play.

The distinctive Liberty Ellman's guitar is sonorous and elegant on the moody Lying Eyes, before José Davila's trombone and the leader's airy flute lines strike a typical Threadgill contrast over a scurrying avant-funk pulse.

In Mr. Greenwold's "Secret Storm" (1970-71), for instance, a man and woman with visible tan lines strike a distinctly exhibitionist pose on a floral bedspread; a third figure prepares to join them, doffing the jacket that matches her short-shorts.

This procedure implies that light and vision can be formalized as geometrical lines, an implication that al-Kindi and his sources embrace by claiming that vision occurs when "rays" emitted from the eyes along straight lines strike a visual object.

"Blurred Lines" struck me as one of the most intensive and challenging books I've read on the subject.

And in 1967, the Supreme Court took aim at the most sensitive of the South's dividing lines, striking down state laws against interracial marriage.

Even so, coordination is sometimes spotty, as shown today when American jets dropped at least two bombs on the wrong side of the front lines, striking near positions held by the Northern Alliance.

Honda spokespeople were typically short on technical details for this spritely crossover, but its crisp lines struck a sweet spot.

During the flight back, the final lines struck me.