1.  However his ringing peroration struck most of those present as being ridiculous, and many laughed aloud.

2.  The drought and consequent famine struck most of the country.

3.  Although the students laughed during parts of the film, especially when servants ironed The Times of London, it struck most of them as profoundly sad.

4.  Fear struck most.

5.  Impeachment strikes most as overkill.

6.  Ms. Savoca said what struck her most about Ms. Perez was the unlikely combination of elements in her work.

7.  On this night, we are struck most by a light-beer commercial.

8.  The fact that there is a buzz about the Upper Crust, a possibility of at least cult success, strikes most everyone involved as a strange delight.

9.  Their moral agenda strikes most of us as preachy and somehow un-American.

10.  What struck me the most is if you put them in a different setting they look like one of your uncles, just regular people who made mistakes.