Sentence examples for clean stroke from inspiring English sources
"Give it a good, clean stroke.
More's noble head was lopped off in one clean stroke.
Eradicated by the electorate in one clean stroke.
When he got to the girl, she was leaning over the fence, resting her belly on the wood rail, using the leverage of her body to drive a piece of flagstone into the rock, carving out a single line as hard as she could, grunting slightly as her feet lifted up with each clean stroke.
The story of Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, ended in May 1536, when the master executioner of Calais — sent for specially, and said to be an adept in his art — separated her clever head from her seductive body with one clean stroke of his sword.
Due to its unusual curvature, the Misfortunate Scythe for that is just what it was—swung around in a surprising manner, causing Serval Lancet to cut off his own head in one clean stroke.
The plant studies are, for the most part, contour drawings of leaves, stems and flowers done in clean strokes of pencil or pen and centered on the page.
These works are, for the most part, contour drawings of leaves, stems and flowers done in clean strokes of pencil or pen and centered on the page.
Whatever it is, I thought, or maybe even shouted because I was prone to instruct him when necessary and might have shouted up at the ceiling whatever it is you're doing, get it done swiftly and with clean strokes and avoid catching yourself up in the task itself.
Shenay Perry, an American and a longtime player, now ranked No. 116, was laboring one afternoon at Wimbledon against Maria Kirilenko, a steady Russian with clean strokes, in a second-round match on Court 5, where the fans ebbed and flowed between games like rush-hour commuters.
Whatever it is, I thought, or maybe even shouted — because I was prone to instruct him when necessary and might have shouted up at the ceiling — whatever it is you're doing, get it done swiftly and with clean strokes and avoid catching yourself up in the task itself.
