Sentence examples for striking to learn from inspiring English sources
In the week that Britain cancelled orders for new Nimrod spy planes, it's striking to learn, for example, that Google recently placed an order with a German company for spy drones equipped with night vision cameras.
It is striking to learn that only the intransigence of the Tory city council cost Liverpool a branch of Harrods in 1920, and entertaining to speculate about the long-term impact of a different outcome – but these digressions never obscure the central, football-based narrative that always foregrounds the club, its players, officials and supporters.
It is striking to learn that the form and the matter of the statue are not "parts", especially since they are products of a division.
Cruz was struck to learn that Jack was buried in his replica jersey.
Nevertheless, Ms. Konttinen was struck to learn that her photos were helping new residents connect with the old neighborhood that she had first photographed in the late 1960s.
She's been overwhelmed with emotions as she's talked to friends who would have normally attended Giffords "Congress on your Corner" event, and was stricken to learn that one of the victims was her son's childhood friend.
In March 2014, Samantha Rudolph read a New York Times article titled "Shouldn't the Breast Pump Be as Elegant as an iPhone and as Quiet as a Prius by Now?" Though not a mother at the time, Rudolph was struck to learn how outdated breast pumps were in comparison to other commonly used devices.
The confrontations brought about by Ethan's hunger strike to learn the identity of his father do not evolve naturally, and like much socially conscious television, the play feels more driven by situation than by character.
I requested a meeting with those on strike to learn more about their cases, and to better understand what was occurring here in our own backyard.
It never struck me to learn how to give one out.
One negotiator recalls going to dinner that night convinced that a deal had been struck, only to learn the next day that it had failed.As Doha began to founder, the appeal of RTAs grew.
