Sentence examples for struck upon from inspiring English sources

Instead, over a round of drinks with fellow paleontologists, Mr. Longrich struck upon, almost out of thin air, a name that would end up bringing him more publicity than any of his other discoveries: Mojoceratops.

But I struck upon the idea of a different package.

In 1943 the Nazis struck upon two entwined ideas.

The decibel of the objections is evidence that he's struck upon truth.

He struck upon an idea to monetize the intense between movies and fashion in Hyderabad.

Higgs struck upon his theory while walking in the Cairngorms one weekend in 1964.

Ms. Yanowsky's Marguerite is world weary, interestingly stricken upon first meeting Armand, as if realizing the vulnerability that falling in love will bring.

Thorn eloquently strikes upon some profound truths about human communication as she tests the powers and limits of the human voice.

"I'm a genius!" he exclaims as he strikes upon the idea of publishing a satire about two fictional hotel heiresses dancing topless.

By 6 30 p.m., the cluster of Latin American galleries was definitely the most relaxing and pleasant place to be, as people with tired feet eagerly climbed inside a nylon sculpture by Mr. Neto that looked like a giant tomato and was the size of a small room, with a circular bench surrounding a drum that people were encouraged to strike upon entering.

In a sermon delivered in 1859 at an African Methodist Episcopal church in Pittsburgh, the Rev. J. S. Martin preached about the death of John Brown, proclaiming, It is thought by the slaves... that the meteors from the heavens are sparks that... strike upon the craters of volcanoes, and that is the cause of their eruption.