Sentence examples for struck an obstacle from inspiring English sources
In one sonnet, Hopkins takes up the notion of comfort directly: "Not, I'll not, carrion comfort, Despair, not feast on thee …" It's only the first line, and already we've struck an obstacle.
During the era of log floating, logjams sometimes occurred when logs struck an obstacle.
Ms. Ansanelli has struck a human-interest chord with the public because of the daunting obstacles she has faced.
The article, written by two of our best reporters, Dexter Filkins and Mark Landler, noted that "according to Afghan associates, Mr. Karzai recently told lunch guests at the presidential palace that he believes the Americans are in Afghanistan because they want to dominate his country and the region, and that they pose an obstacle to striking a peace deal with the Taliban".
But according to Afghan associates, Mr. Karzai recently told lunch guests at the presidential palace that he believes the Americans are in Afghanistan because they want to dominate his country and the region, and that they pose an obstacle to striking a peace deal with the Taliban.
Strike an emotional chord.
Full representation is practically impossible but striking a gender balance in this case has no obstacles and it would be ridiculous to claim otherwise.
Investigators said shattered bottles of rum and malt liquor were found in the mangled wreckage of the car, a white Ford Taurus, which veered left at the exit ramp at 61st Street, entered a one-way service road in the wrong direction and struck obstacles with such force that it severed the trunk of a tree more than a foot in diameter.
