She looked startled when the light of day first struck her eyes.

I thought she flushed a little, but the light didn't strike her face directly.

The first is when light, say from the Sun strikes the object.

The wan light struck her face, and he could see how pale she was.

The light from the window struck the glass in such a way as to transform it into a mirror.

Suddenly, a light from a torch struck him in the eyes and he covered his face.

The scene goes back to the beatle car, where a bright light suddenly struck her face.

Because of some peculiar angle at which the light had struck the landscape?

At last the full steely light of day struck as the sun rose from the eastern ocean.

The light of the rising sun struck into the tent.