Sentence examples for a powerful stroke from inspiring English sources

Media reports suggested Bacall had suffered a powerful stroke.

His left thigh bone appears to have been hit with "a powerful stroke from a large, bladed weapon, probably a sword or sabre," the archaeologists write.

Then when a pterosaur strayed too close, it would give a powerful stroke with its tail and lunge out of the water, clasping the unfortunate flying reptile in its jaws.

The NBC deal is a powerful stroke by Haymon, best known as unbeaten Mayweather's manager.

SHAKEUP SEEMS EFFECTIVE Coach Finds New Varsity Is Getting a More Powerful Stroke and Smoother Recovery.

Matthes' swimming style characterized by a deceptively casual but powerful stroke, a long follow-through, and exceptional timing lent itself well to other strokes, and he won a bronze medal at the 1972 Games in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle.

He went over the net and, with a few powerful strokes, beached himself onto the shallow area.

Each of them used drawing in order to allow his thoughts about individual works to mature; each had a highly personal drawing style, the one with a soft and rounded stroke, the other with a sculptor's intermittent and powerful stroke.

Sandoval missed a third of the season with hand and hamstring injuries, struggled to regain his powerful stroke and received attention Friday largely because he arrived with a freshly dyed orange mohawk.

The recovery is all finesse -- a (theoretically) smooth move that prepares you for the next powerful stroke.

But the book's most powerful stroke comes when Cassie discovers the blog of an Iraqi girl her age who calls herself "Blue Sky" and describes the bloody chaos of war and her shattered life.