It is a sight worth seeing, that of the Lycosa dragging her treasure after her, never leaving it, day or night, sleeping or waking, and defending it with a courage that strikes the beholder with awe.
In these six years for one cause or another There've been three strikesthat have cost the Company thousands In money, to say nothing of those things That all the money in the world can't buy.
You've seen the papers how the strikes are spreading.
Since you 're here now, it will probably be you who will conduct the inquest, and I 'm a little curious to see how the evidence strikes you.
The dull impact of the blow, as the scene is blinded by sudden darkness; the crash of the body against the railing; the dominant jar when the body strikes upon the landing below--and the dark deed is accomplished.
It strikes me that there was an unusual amount of hand-washing," I here observed, "considering the hour of night.
When the hand of death strikes any terrestrial creature, down comes the soaring vulture.
This chef d'oeuvre of misery and agony forms the frontispiece to the volume, and strikes a fitting keynote to an absorbing story of human passion and wrong-doing.
When once the merlin does succeed in getting above the lark it makes swoop after swoop until it strikes its quarry.
It is a most picturesque bit of mountain, and it all strikes me, as I remember it did in 1859, as more really beautiful than anything in Switzerland, though so contracted.
Platt bellowed at me for my stupidity, and Platt's word is an oracle, and Platt's nodstrikes terror into all around.
That is precisely what strikes me as the greatest advantage,' said Mrs. Gregory; 'surely one cannot think too much of the other world.
Though this be worse Than that you spake before, it strikes me not; But that you think to overgrace me with The marriage of your Sister, troubles me.
It strikes me that it will be the cause of your sleeping on 'down' for the rest of your life.
A common household clock that strikes the hours, would illustrate all that his machine can possibly illustrate.
He strikes the loudest, and, at the same time, the sweetest-toned harp of the Muse with the hand of a Christian theologian.
Indeed it strikes one even now, that by the time all the one-legged commodores and yellow admirals of that generation had exhausted their long yarns, another generation would have grown another crop of the same gallant spinners.
This walk which you have ta'en me through the camp Strikesmy hopes prostrate.
Then when it strikes eleven, when the first rounds Are passed, conduct them silently as may be To the house--I will myself be not far off.
Who pleads for his life, strikesat mine, his sovereign's.
Hear him: "The majesty of the scriptures strikesme with astonishment.
It strikes its roots deep into the human heart, and spreads its branches wide over our whole being.
That name touches every fibre of the soul, and strikes every chord of the human heart as with angelic fingers.
It strikesout the great law of mutual, moral love, and personal adaptation.
Not all of the Japanese air strikes were kamikazes.
But IGHQ escalated these tactics to an awesome level at Okinawa by introducing the kikusui (Floating Chrysanthemums) massed suicide air strikes against the fleet.
I do not recollect those of Virginia, but it Strikes me that they are not So long.
I do not recollect those of virginia perfectly but it strikes me that they are not so long.
Happily these sects of Gnostics were not numerous, nor in general of long duration; and they were extremely divided among themselves; for a truly inventive fancy ever strikes out a path of enquiry for itself.
This is widely remote from that pretended equality of all religions, provided they inculcate but a good morality--a system which strikes at the root of all religion.
Good hearts are generally sensitive to good influences; and beneath her shell of manner Miss Pruyn strikes me as neither more nor less than a dear little girl.
If you have any business, state it, and I'll say yes or no, as it strikes me.
The road then gradually bends around towards the river and begins to descend over hill and hollow and at four and a quarter miles from where we camped, strikes the river again and continues a quarter of a mile on its banks.
The river then winds around about three miles in a bend and then strikes a little north of west.
We traveled till the road strikes the river and some grass, then camped, having traveled eighteen and a half miles.
In midst of the dual battle between Achilles and the Queen, a Trojan prince comes storming and strikes a treacherous blow against the armor of the Greek.
Here strikes a climactic tune in forte unison of the four horns (molto espressivo e marcato).
At last the motto strikes on high, but the appealing counter-melody is not easily hushed.
All opposite, with sudden spring of buoyant strings, strikes the Allegro tune ending in a quick, dancing trip.
The whole universe is on the verge of ruin when Jupiter strikes the imprudent Phaeton with his thunderbolt.
Now the full bass of horns and wood strikes the descending course of theme, while higher strings and wood soar in rising stress of (sighing) grief.
With a stern shock the plain hymn strikesin the reed, against a rapid course of strings, with fateful tread.
An end comes, poco agitato, with rude intrusion of the hymnal march in harsh contrast of rough discord; the note of anxious fear, too, strikes in again.
Cradle-song (the clockstrikes seven in the evening).
As if to atone for the slower pace, the theme strikesinto a lively fugue, with trembling strings (Allegro animato).
In reply he strikes up a song, in which he prays for plenty.
It strikes us that the absurdity here is all on the side of the short days.
The first important fact that strikes us is one which has not received the attention it deserves, viz.
In the towns, where the system of forced labour was applied with even more rigour than in the country, strikesand combinations became frequent among the lower craftsmen.
He who strikes at freedom of speech strikes at the corner-stone of our republic, and, to our view, commits the greatest crime that a citizen can commit against a government.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "strikes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
