The phrase "a simple stroke" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to a straightforward action, such as drawing, writing, or making a mark.
Example: "With a simple stroke of the pen, she signed her name on the document."
Alternatives: "a quick motion" or "an easy gesture".
A simple stroke, it at once establishes the full three-dimensionality of their style.
It's actually the Countess, with a simple stroke of moral nobility, who turns, with the suddenness of revelation, into the opera's heroine.
McDonnell's skill as a cartoonist enables him to express Goodall's joy, wonder and satisfaction with a simple stroke of the pen.
The concept is a simple stroke of genius, the brainchild of the chef John Fraser, of Dovetail, and a team of artists and designers: set up shop in a space with an expiration date (the building is slated for demolition in November) and live like there's no tomorrow.
In the pilot episode of Sex and the City, which first aired in 1998, Carrie meets Mr. Big in a simple stroke of fate.
It was a simple stroke of genius that has dramatically increased the mobility of the rafts of wheelchair users he's so far sold it too.
KITCHEN TIPS: 36 simple tips to simplify life in the kitchen To use a slicing knife, line the heel of the blade (the part of the blade nearest the handle) against the meat where you want to slice, then slide the blade down through the meat in a long, simple stroke, gliding all the way to the tip of the blade.
Demonstrate how to do the arm movements of a very simple stroke which you will be doing properly later.
The Michigan Animal Abuse Registry would strip abusers of this advantage and prevent future animal abuse with nothing more than a few simple strokes of a keyboard.
Pruitt paints each Obama portrait in under 15 minutes, capturing a single moment from the day's events in a few, simple strokes.
There is a second problem with a purely great books approach to higher education, and it is this: Many of the students making that initial plunge into the sea of higher learning need us to help them learn a few simple strokes.
