Sentence examples for upon striking from inspiring English sources

Some explode upon striking a solid object.

Upon striking a hard surface, the round does not instantly explode.

The kinetic energy of the electrons, upon striking the workpiece, changes to heat, which vaporizes minute amounts of the material.

The umpire — Samuel Bernstein, of West Orange, dressed in a black waistcoat and top hat — imposed a 15-cent fine after a player cursed upon striking out.

Suddenly, players for whom the warm-up is as second nature as their exhalation upon striking the ball were being asked to imagine getting along without it.

Upon striking the collector, a part of the energy is available to force current to flow through the external load, thereby giving the desired conversion from thermal to electrical energy.

They improve upon her already striking carved-paper paintings.

The final crashing sound is accompanied by a startling red flash from David Finley, the lighting designer, upon Harry Feiner's striking backdrop of Cubo-Futurist aqueducts.

The significant drop in cell number and coverage observed upon crosslinking is striking in that it occurs irrespective of film composition and cell type used.

It believes an airstrike could "give the rebels the impression that if the US could be prevailed upon to strike once, they could be called upon to strike again".

Months later, Mr. Pam said, a lone farmer patrolling his corn patch one Sunday morning was set upon and struck on the head with a machete.