Sentence examples for when the hour struck from inspiring English sources
My wife and I were standing beneath Big Ben, outside the sharp spires of the mother of all parliaments, when the hour struck 10 and all the polls in Britain closed.
He was serving as senior instructor to the Illinois National Guard when, in 1934, the magic hour struck.
If other weights are present, they control the hour strike, or the quarter-hour chime.
When the great bell rings out every full hour, struck by a large clockwork-operated hammer, passers-by see a gilded figure in full harness moving its arm to strike it.
More than a million people were on the move in the rush hour, when the terrorists struck.
"Who could disagree?" When the clock struck the half-hour the men rose, made their goodbyes, and went out together.
I was a few hours' drive from New York when the planes struck in September 2001.
When the clock struck two on the early hours of Valentine's Day, I was awoken by the shrieks and cries of my mother and siblings.
Both were away when the tornado struck.
Where were you when the earthquake struck?
