Descending from this range we struck the head of a creek, and at six miles came on the last dregs of a pool of water, so thick that it was useless to us.
On the morning of the 16th I struck the tents, which had stood for six months less eleven days, and turned my back on the Depot in grateful thankfulness for our release from a spot where my feelings and patience had been so severely tried.
On the 26th of September, Mr. Kennedy having brought down his party, resumed his journey, and crossing the Victoria, struck the N.
It struck the piece of paper nearly in the centre, and penetrated the tree four or five inches, quivered for a moment, but before it had ceased, the native had snatched up another spear and hurled it after the first.
By the direction of the sound, we calculated that he would land directly in front of us; and we were not mistaken, for he jumped to clear the shelf under which we were hid, and when he struck the earth, it was within a foot of us.
Once more he struck the ground, threw aside a little dirt, and then he imagined that his dream had come true, for the bright gleam of gold was before him.
Just as we locked the door, the old cracked bell upon the church, near the villa of our friend, struck the hour of four.
He managed to secrete a knife about his person one day, and when the guard the next morning ordered him to perform some heavy work, he struck the man to the heart with his weapon, broke his chain, and fled.
As soon as we struck the railroad, details of men were set to work to tear up the rails, to burn the ties and twist the bars.
I had scarcely left when a musket ball entered the room, struck the head of the sofa, passed through it and lodged in the foot.
Our route lay by Richmond and Roundabout Bayou; then, following Bayou Vidal we struck the Mississippi at Perkins's plantation.
So saying, he struck the head of the slumbering deity with his battle-axe, and deranged the play of the fountain so much that the water began to pour into the basin.
As, in uttering these words, he struck the animal, the blow unluckily lighted upon his wounded hand, and recalled its bitter smart.
He then set off with Chaboneau towards the forks, but five miles above them, hearing us on the left, struck the river as we were descending, and came on board at the forks.
From the head of the Whitebear islands he proceeded in a southwest direction, at the distance of three miles, till he struck the Missouri, which he then followed till he reached the place where all the party were occupied in boat-building.
Swan threw the fork at him as he rose from his knees; it struck the lantern, breaking the globe, cutting off more than half the dim light in which the undetermined battle had begun.
Carlson picked up the table, swung it overhead until it struck the ceiling, threw it with all his mighty strength to crush the man who had evaded him with such clever speed.
Within five minutes of Cunningham's first pick-stroke, he struck the "lead.
I was standing on the main deck, not far from the rest of the crew at the time, and noticed that when the storm struck the schooner, some ropes that had not been hitched to a belaying pin were flying loose and might become unrove.
However, when out about eight hundred feet the machine began pitching again, and, in one of its starts downward, struck the ground.
Instead of falling to the floor, as we expected, it flew across the room, till it struck the ceiling, where it fluttered awhile, and finally sank to the floor.
I fell over this, landed on an icy slope, and rolled and rolled until I struck the river.
More than likely he dropped the piece from the tree, and it went off when it struck the ground.
Suddenly the dreadful creature, making a forward lunge from its perch, struck the bell a mighty blow that sent it spinning in a partly upward direction.
And hestruck the rail a violent blow with his fist.
A shell fired at the battery on the hill in front of us struck the ground, bounded and struck the ground just back of me, I being seated on my knapsack facing the rear; it plowed a hole under me from back to front and came out between my feet.
At eleven o'clock we struck the Johnnies at a place near South Mills.
You know I've been in trouble, and I don't deny but what I struck the blow, and where was I to get evidence of my provocation?
How old was Corot before he struck thevein of his own precious metal?
Murder," said Captain Wicks, "and I don't deny but what I struck the blow.
The breath went out of the man as he struck the ground, and Archie jumped up and left him to Congdon and Leary.
Carey shut off his power the moment he struck the canoe, whether in sudden alarm at the success of his design or in the hope of picking up the victims of his animosity was a question Archie left for a more tranquil hour's speculation.
As it struck the water it spread open and the wind seized it and bore it gaily away.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "struck the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
