Sentence examples for indirect blow from inspiring English sources

• Nasal trauma from a direct or indirect blow to the nose, including a broken nose.

A player who sustained a direct or indirect blow to the brain may feel all right initially, then develop symptoms hours or days later.

The attack on him was intended as an indirect blow at Pericles, and, although Pericles managed to save him, Anaxagoras was compelled to leave Athens.

A direct blow to the pterion, or even an indirect blow to another part of the skull, may cause a fracture to this weak area, with an associated rupture of the underlying vessel.

In 2012, President Barack Obama dealt an indirect blow to the Kansas-based hate church by signing a federal law that says all demonstrations around military funerals must be held at least 300 feet from the funeral and are prohibited within two hours before or after the service.

Asia's major economies were swept up by the financial crisis, even though most of them suffered only indirect blows.

If you show that you are offended by biting, passive aggressive sarcasm, the hostile joke teller plays up his role as victim, asking, "Can't you take a joke?" The passive aggressive child is a master at maintaining his calm and feigning shock when others, worn down by his indirect hostility, blow up in anger.

The most common patellar fractures are transverse, which are secondary to indirect injury, while direct blows typically result in comminuted fractures.

Besides, hunger is often an indirect killer, letting disease provide the finishing blow.

But while most clients will be disappointed, financial advisers and planners are looking for ways to soften the blow with at least some indirect ways to be part of the Facebook action".

Fractures may be caused by a direct lateral blow to the shoulder, avulsed from indirect forces to the deltoid muscle, or the result of overuse injuries[ 1].