Sentence examples for profoundly striking from inspiring English sources

It is profoundly striking that the queen of spades should have retained its features (give or take a few brown stains) after 100 years in saline, while some 1,500 fully dressed corpses have disappeared without trace, crushed by pressure of water, consumed by marine bacteria and nibbled by crustaceans and fish.

It wasn't until a few days later that I realized this young Iraqi woman was the one creating these haunting pieces which had so profoundly struck me.

But I think when that happened we were just profoundly struck by the value of every human being, and we wanted just to be open to have them.

Several months ago I came across an article in the Wall Street Journal about a refugee camp that profoundly struck me.

Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country?" The remark struck so profoundly, said the young Muslims at the meeting, that Mr. Obama's election — in which they thoroughly rejoiced — was like the icing on Mr. Powell's cake.

That perfectly penned, single-sitting-compact add-on struck me profoundly, unlike a video game has since (honestly, I don't think that another game has imprinted itself on my forever-memory in quite the same way).

What is striking about the subsequent decade is how Constable used oil sketches to record nuanced effects of light and changes in the weather — an approach that would profoundly influence later artists, like the French Impressionists.

"I had officials come to me and say, 'Use the honor system.' " That struck Gupta as profoundly misguided.