Sentence examples for downward blow from inspiring English sources

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.

Get a hammer and give the key a short but sharp downward blow.

At the time of the switch in 1989, police officials said that the nightstick, which is simply gripped at one end, lent itself to downward blows and could more easily lead to an accidental strike to the head.

Boslough determined that the bolide actually blew up in the air, creating a violent downward shock wave.

Discontinuous fibres are most often made in a rotary process, in which fine streams of glass are flung outward through holes in a spinning dish and are then broken and blown downward by a blast of air or steam.

Try holding two sheets of paper so that they hang vertically two centimetres or so apart and blow downward so that there is a current of air between them.

By blowing downward these fans oppose the force of gravity, effectively lightening the vehicle.

Brook Lindbert, the engineering director for wheels and tires at General Motors, said that a little heat from the catalytic converter and the engine radiated downward and was blown back over the rear wheels because of the vehicle's motion.

Try blowing downward into your hands.

Hand the Candle Puffer to the birthday child, with the child positioned slightly higher than the birthday cake so that he/she will be blowing downward towards the candles.

Sand the end of the channel furthest from the blowing end in a downward angle toward the blowing end.