Examples of 'had struck' in a sentence

Meaning of "had struck"

Had struck is a past tense verb phrase, used to indicate an action that happened in the past. It typically means that something or someone hit or impacted something else, resulting in damage or a negative outcome

How to use "had struck" in a sentence

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had struck
The dust had struck a devastating blow.
If one of our weapons had struck this.
If you had struck the right notes.
This deadly volcano had struck before.
The song had struck a chord internationally.
They thought they had struck oil.
They had struck a deal for protection.
Another bullet had struck his arm.
He had struck a soft spot in the sand.
He felt that he had struck a mortal blow.
He had struck the rock a second time.
A serial rapist had struck at least four.
He had struck something solid at the base.
The astute priest had struck well.
Phyllis had struck a nerve that day.

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He could not believe he had struck her.
And soon he had struck a beneficial deal.
The blackness stopped it as if it had struck a wall.
The giant had struck his back.
And then the chili had struck.
Ten plagues had struck the country.
Within a week of returning he had struck gold.
The fever had struck him hard.
I think he wondered what on earth had struck him.
The cyclone had struck the island.
He had struck me on the temples and knocked me dateless.
His mother had struck him again.
It dissipated as fast as it had struck him.
Satan himself had struck me down on me arse.
I thought maybe the monster had struck again.
If that lightning had struck a tree or a puppy instead.
Then the assassin had struck.
The boat had struck something.
Looks like a cyclone had struck it.
They had struck good water.
In a split second he had struck four times.
He had struck some rich pockets.
It was as if a large meteorite had struck the ground.
He thought he had struck the creature several times.
This is where an epiphony had struck me.
Something had struck our boat.
Place where lightning had struck.
He said she had struck him on the head.
He grabbed one of the pillows which had struck.
It looked as if lightning had struck one of the engines.
He had struck and sworn at her.
He and the prince had struck a deal.
They had struck amidships on the starboard side.
I felt like someone had struck my own son.
Abbott had struck oil without looking for it.

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Struck on head and face with a rock
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Had she dreamed of the garden so often
Then we knew we had the wrong guy
We had so much fun up on the mountain today
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