A piece of the canister struck him in the face, and his lungs filled with gas.

That a piece came off and struck the Columbia is raising questions.

I'll be doing research, and a piece will strike me.

One piece struck him a glancing blow above the ear.

Such pieces strike some as sentimental, when perhaps they are merely dramatic.

The flying iron and pieces of stone struck men down in every direction.

Some pieces of debris were still striking the water.

A small piece of something struck me in the back, like some spent arrow, I thought!

Once, a piece of star struck this plain, and spread its power throughout.

"It felt like a large piece of wood struck my side," he would recall.