Sentence examples similar to seeming striking from inspiring English sources

If the decision seemed striking given his family history, it was also prudent.

The innocence seemed striking when set against a bitter fight between Froch and Groves.

It seems striking that her son should have turned to Mauresmo.

Bolt has beaten Gay decisively over the years and it seems striking he should name-check the American alongside Blake.

Mr. Khan has the only two moments that would seem striking if "in-i" featured, shall we say, nonentities.

And the most striking thing about the Saturday-night-in scene was that in 21st-century Britain, its multiracial family no longer seemed striking at all.

"I selected those sentiments that seemed striking, witty and, if not true, then at least absolutely, ruthlessly sincere," Professor Blaisdell writes.

At Healy's, it was the random piecemeal remembrances that seemed striking: hearing Mr. Healy tell someone he saw three cars on top of each other.

The contrast between his and her attitudes to possessions seemed striking – the shift to a more materialistic world in a single family.

Yarnold is also the world No1 and so it seems striking that, four years ago, she had only just discovered this strange sport.

"It seems striking," Brandt writes, "that a product of such little utility, ephemeral in its very nature, could be such an encompassing vehicle for understanding the past.