Sentence examples for ferocious strikes from inspiring English sources

Hours after the blast, American forces launched a pair of ferocious strikes against suspected loyalists of Saddam Hussein's government in Baghdad, signaling a new and more aggressive strategy.

Ryan Stevenson sealed the points in stoppage time with a ferocious strike from the edge of the area.

Steele then turned away Joshua King's ferocious strike in first-half injury time.

Fontaine then struck the bar with a ferocious strike, with Hearts all at sea from a corner kick.

From the resulting free-kick, Lloris pulled off a stunning save to palm Carroll's ferocious strike wide, conceding the corner from which the home side scored.

A ferocious strike from Gary Gardner brought another decent save from the keeper low to his right and Bennett was denied again as the Bluebirds held on.

The joke ended up being on Arsenal's attacking players rather than the unlikely trio of defenders that Van Gaal had picked - Chris Smalling, Tyler Blackett and Paddy McNair - who surprisingly held out until Olivier Giroud's ferocious strike in stoppage time.

Japan's failure to convert their opportunities was punished eight minutes after the restart when Lloyd was afforded the time and space to shoot from 20 yards, burying her ferocious strike into the corner of the net.

But ferocious winds struck during our first night aboard, and now one aluminum-post corner of my tent frame had come loose and was banging me in the head and clunking loudly on the deck with each powerful gust.

Murray, who now faces a semi-final on Friday against Poland's Jerzy Janowicz, had warned that Verdasco would be a dangerous opponent and the former world No 7 rolled back the years with a formidable display of big serving and ferocious ball-striking that belied his current ranking at No 54.

I found myself lapsing into the heavily accented English of my first years in the States, as I shouted, "BELOVED PAPA WAS NO TOTAL PRICK!" And with those words I reached past Alyosha-Bob and clipped the American on the side of the head, one ferocious squishy paw striking him in a place relatively soft and unbreakable, not far removed from the small clump of brain that kept his vitals going.