The scene struck Adam like a fist in his gut.

The passers-by looked normal enough, and the traffic was shuttling in its usual way, but the scene struck him as being curiously unreal.

Raymond had never visited the dwellings of want, and the scene that now presented itself struck him to the heart.

He looked almost wistful, and the whole scene suddenly struck Julie as surreal.

The scene strikes me as being wrong for AEA.

Whatever the strength of the two sides' court cases, the scene is striking for New York.

The scene struck Trinket with the force of an old familiar dream.

It is an imperfect analogy, but one scene in the new novel struck me as reminiscent of Margaret Mitchell's classic.

The scene struck me as surreal, like watching yourself in a dream.

The scene after lunch struck him as especially dispiriting.