He finished tying and stood, struck maybe for the first time by how tiny she was.

The conjunction appeared to strike him for the first time.

A thought struck him for the first time: "I wonder why they didn't come out last night?

He was struck for the first time in a while by how pretty she was.

It struck me for the first time that perhaps Ian was quite a shy person.

Just below where they stood, the force of the falling water struck rock for the first time.

"You think my friends were raped," she said, as if the idea had struck her for the first time.

I was struck, not for the first time, by how well these two seemed to get along.

ŢMorwenna fell still, as if something had struck her for the first time.

He struck for the third and last time, then stepped back.