strike (someone) as
idiom
: to cause (someone) to think about someone or something in a particular way
It strikes me as peculiar that she left without a word.
Her comment struck me as odd.
She strikes us as a very qualified candidate.
Examples of strike (someone) as in a Sentence
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These days, virality is not so much a lightning strike as a marketing scheme, reverse engineered by executives and masquerading as serendipity.
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Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
The nurses, who are members of the Registered Nurses Professional Association, embarked on the union’s first-ever strike as negotiations with the county have reached an impasse over wage increases and working conditions.
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
Last June, Travis Kelce tossed a first-pitch strike as the Chiefs celebrated their Super Bowl LVII victory.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2024
But the initiative might appear hollow to riders who are going on strike as the group campaigns to avoid millions of gig workers from being recognized as employees.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 18 Mar. 2024
Unions often cite the ability to strike as their most powerful tool in contract negotiations.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 5 Mar. 2024
Abdulrahman Abuamara, 39 The twins’ sister, killed in the same strike as her brothers and her father, worked as a medical laboratory analyst at Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza and at a private lab, which featured her smile in its advertisements to encourage patients to come in for tests.
—Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024
In December, Dahdouh sustained injuries and his cameraman was killed in a drone strike as the pair were covering the aftermath of an airstrike on a school in southern Gaza.
—Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2024
Season two was originally poised to launch in August but was pushed back to November as a result of the SAG-AFTRA strike as Max looked to keep a steady flow of programming as both the performers and writers work stoppages threatened the larger pipeline.
—Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2024
Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
The nurses, who are members of the Registered Nurses Professional Association, embarked on the union’s first-ever strike as negotiations with the county have reached an impasse over wage increases and working conditions.
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
Last June, Travis Kelce tossed a first-pitch strike as the Chiefs celebrated their Super Bowl LVII victory.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2024
But the initiative might appear hollow to riders who are going on strike as the group campaigns to avoid millions of gig workers from being recognized as employees.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 18 Mar. 2024
Unions often cite the ability to strike as their most powerful tool in contract negotiations.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 5 Mar. 2024
Abdulrahman Abuamara, 39 The twins’ sister, killed in the same strike as her brothers and her father, worked as a medical laboratory analyst at Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza and at a private lab, which featured her smile in its advertisements to encourage patients to come in for tests.
—Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024
In December, Dahdouh sustained injuries and his cameraman was killed in a drone strike as the pair were covering the aftermath of an airstrike on a school in southern Gaza.
—Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2024
Season two was originally poised to launch in August but was pushed back to November as a result of the SAG-AFTRA strike as Max looked to keep a steady flow of programming as both the performers and writers work stoppages threatened the larger pipeline.
—Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2024
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