Sentence examples for about the stroke of from inspiring English sources

The phrase "about the stroke of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a specific time, often in relation to the hour or a significant moment.
Example: "We arrived at the party about the stroke of midnight, just as the celebrations were beginning."
Alternatives: "around the time of" or "near the hour of".

Exact(1)

I thought as well about the stroke of fortune that had made me a curious young American with a future and that boy the most luckless creature I had ever seen.

Similar(59)

This gives a directive about adjusting the stroke of one of the pistons (for example, for reducing dead volume) without changing the stroke of the other.

The Senate walked right up to the edge, thought about auditing the Fed, and with the stroke of a pen, backed off.

About the 40th stroke of the point, the pace of the shots began to increase, with Monfils firing two particularly blistering backhands down the line toward Simon.

To assist in our approaching this question with adequate seriousness, I summon the words of Harvard-trained neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor, who, a decade ago, wrote a book called My Stroke of Insight, about the stroke she suffered when she was 37 years old.

Compared to that 23.0% of the gynecologists had lack of knowledge of the risk of the development of CVD, 38.0% were unsure about the stroke risk and 77.0% were unaware of the decreased life expectancy.

Roosevelt definitely knew about the broad strokes of the British conspiracy to bring America into the war, and he supported it, albeit tacitly.

Both films are unabashedly sentimental fables about the broad strokes of life.

The return error of the prototype is about 608 μrad during the forward stroke of 28,970 μrad and the error percentage is about 2.1%.

However, high chi-square values for about a fifth of the stroke codes were suggestive of poor item fit.

And she just can't help gloating about her stroke of fortune.

Show more...

Ludwig, your English writing platform

Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.

Student

Used by millions of students, scientific researchers, professional translators and editors from all over the world!

MitStanfordHarvardAustralian Nationa UniversityNanyangOxford

Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak quote

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak

CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com

Get started for free

Unlock your writing potential with Ludwig

Letters

Most frequent sentences: