Sentence examples for stricken us from inspiring English sources

On Tuesday the Nikkei had leaped by almost 10% as investors reacted positively to government rescue packages in Europe and the decision by the US president, George Bush, to set aside $250bn£145bnbn) of a $700bn bailout to buy shares in stricken US banks.

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They struck us.

Alarm struck us.

That struck us quickly.

This strikes us as an uneccesary blunder.

It strikes us as weirdly plausible.

This strikes us as a pointless campaign.

This ought to strike us as strange.

This should strike us as very odd.

We strike them; they strike us.