strike a chord
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To elicit a significant reaction, especially one which is favorable or sympathetic.
verb
To convey a feeling or meaning which someone personally internalizes and takes to heart.
Example Sentences
- "[T]his brand of ecstatic meditation, shared by the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, has struck a chord with record-buyers, and works such as "The Protecting Veil" (1989) for cello and strings have achieved cult status and huge sales on disc."
- "Protests began May 15 and spread to cities across the country, striking a chord with hundreds of thousands fed-up with the wage cuts and tax hikes."
- "The photos struck a chord online and quickly went viral."
- "the young Donaldson sits in his gaming chair, stares into his crappy webcam, and counts from 1 to 100,000. It clearly struck a chord with viewers, even if very few of them made it more than a few minutes in."
- "“The movie just struck a chord with him and he started telling us about his story and experience during the Holocaust.”"