Sentence examples for a fist of from inspiring English sources

-- MAKING A FIST OF IT - BOXERS AND ACTORS A good fistful of fighters have turned into film stars, among them Victor McLaglen, who fought Jack Johnson in 1909, comedian Bob Hope, London schoolboy champ Ray Winstone and Oscar-winning screen legend Jack Palance, whose rugged features owed much to his pro ring career under the name Jack Brazzo.

"I'm convinced the vast majority of them will make a fist of it and be successful".

The dangerous ones were the brawlers who thought they could still make a fist of it.

He was a great man, but he ruled the place with a fist of iron.

He plays God and Adam and makes a fist of Michelangelo.

3.57pm: Finally, the Murrays are beginning to make a fist of this.

So, let's calm down and see whether the Mittster can make a fist of it.

India, unusually for Asia, has not yet made much of a fist of labour-intensive manufacturing for export.

"Some will shrink with it and some will grow into it and make a fist of it.

So the writer formed a fist of substantial words with which to knock repeatedly on the unyielding door of life's inner sanctum.

He makes a fist of mounting a sound case for it but ultimately appears to concede defeat on that score: it was, and is, all about the money.