But then some rousing martial music strikes up over a crackling intercom, and air stewardesses wearing what looks like jet-age vintage – white gloves, natty hats, red lipstick – bring around the in-flight reading material: the Pyongyang Times.
We struck up a friendship.
David Bowie's "Heroes" is struck up.
The seemingly empathetic nurse struck up conversations over the Internet with people who were pondering suicide.
For many scientists, the thought of stepping into a room full of strangers and striking up forced, superficial conversations over wine and cheese cubes feels icky and can produce anxiety.
According to the publication, the pair struck up a relationship over the summer, but were pictured together for the first time in September.
Mr. Gauthier's wife struck up a conversation and handed over a few crisp bills, and the Burst team moved in.
It wasn't long before Ingrid came over and struck up a conversation with us.
An ex-soldier who until lately was stationed in Japan, has received a long communication from a Japanese with whom he struck up an acquaintance while over there: "I wish you will send for," the letter said, in part, "a second-hand cravat - a showy cravat.
The New Yorker, November 6 , 1948P. 23 An ex-soldier who until lately was stationed in Japan, has received a long communication from a Japanese with whom he struck up an acquaintance while over there: "I wish you will send for," the letter said, in part, "a second-hand cravat - a showy cravat.
