Sentence examples for a sharp blow in from inspiring English sources

The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon clearly dealt a sharp blow in the short run to commerce, the financial system and consumer confidence.

That would be considered a sharp blow in an industry that, over all, has been in the middle of a growth cycle.

Renewable energy also suffered a sharp blow in the United States in September with the bankruptcy of Solyndra, a once-promising solar energy venture in California that received $535 million in federal loans.

DENVER, Nov. 2 - The national movement to impose caps on state taxes and spending took a sharp blow in Tuesday's election, conservatives and liberals say, when Colorado voters decided that the tightest spending cap in the nation was just a tad too tight.

After 10 weeks, three animals per tank (nine per treatment) were randomly sampled and killed with a sharp blow in the head.

Blow in and out with a sharp blow in order to fire the missile.

The writedowns dealt a sharp blow to Credit Suisse in February as the bank had until then appeared to have negotiated the subprime crisis far more skillfully than many rivals.

In a sharp blow to America's postwar plans in Iraq, India refused today to send peacekeeping troops there.

A3 India Won't Send Troops to Iraq In a sharp blow to America's postwar plans in Iraq, India refused to send peacekeeping troops there.

A sharp blow to the head in a previous bout?

German High Court Blocks Qaeda Suspect's Extradition In a ruling seen as a sharp blow to coordinated counterterrorism efforts in Europe, Germany's highest court refused to turn over a German citizen suspected of aiding Al Qaeda to Spain, arguing that a recent European agreement to streamline extradition procedures violated the rights of its citizens.