Sentence examples for blow struck from inspiring English sources

In 1968, another blow struck the Wexler family.

"The blow struck his upper body," he said.

We usually think of greater inclusiveness as a blow struck for equality.

The "major blow" struck on Friday, as senior policymakers called it, now looks less major.

Ankiel was having a good day; there was not a solid blow struck against him.

The last was the revolutionary thing - a blow struck for geography as well as class.

I'm frustrated and eager to put some miles behind me, but to ride in intermittent, sometimes forceful downpours (thunderstorms are forecast) into a 15- to 20-mile-per-hour blow strikes me as foolish, or worse — no fun.

No proposition Euclid wrote, No formulae the text-books know, Will turn the bullet from your coat, Or ward the tulwar's downward blow Strike hard who cares shoot straight who can– The odds are on the cheaper man.

This condition often occurs in children or adolescents with a non-penetrating and usually innocent appearing, blow to the middle of the chest, such as when a baseball, hockey puck, lacrosse ball, softball or karate blow strikes the athlete's chest.

Blows struck were solid, hard ones, mostly with closed fists and about the head, stomach, sides and back.

The number of blows struck is carefully gauged by the operator to give maximum effect at minimum wear on the die.