Striking
of Strike
a. & n. from Strike, v.
Affecting with strong emotions; surprising; forcible; impressive; very noticeable; as, a striking representation or image; a striking resemblance.
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Striking Quotations
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
Ronald Reagan
One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.
Mark Twain
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
Henry David Thoreau
Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.
Ambrose Bierce
Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
Babe Ruth
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
William Butler Yeats
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
Honore de Balzac
Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is when we see its separate forms jumbled together.
Jean-Luc Godard
Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.
Samuel Johnson
Striking Translations
striking in Dutch is snedig, juist, geprononceerd, raak
striking in Finnish is osua
striking in German is auffallend, anschlagend
striking in Latin is offensio, praeclarus
striking in Portuguese is golpear
striking in Spanish is llamativo
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