Sentence examples for off his fist from inspiring English sources

Her credible and compelling descriptions of family life could easily pass for memoir: the palpable shame of the mother desperately searching for Frankie in pubs and bookie joints; the emotional acuity of Dolores hearing fear in the voice of an elder sister who is hurting her; the horror of Fran getting a beating: "My father leaps forward at the sight of her; she jerks like a puppet off his fist".

Handanovic came out to punch the ball clear, but instead it spun off his fist and towards the net, allowing Powell to nod in.

But Palop's misjudgement was costly 10 minutes after the break as he attempted to punch away Keisuke Honda's long free-kick and the ball bounced off his fists into the net, leaving Seville needing two goals to progress.

And he always melted away in the company of kids: he would joke, make funny faces, show off his fists.

You've seen him miss these a thousand times, but he makes no mistake here, and walks off pumping his fist.

So there is one clip of Carroll having the ball gently thrown to him and then heading it into a net from about three yards out before walking off with his fist clenched in sweet satisfaction, like a primary school kid who scored seconds after "next goal wins" was declared.

He started off by banging his fist on the desk.

Obry was effusive in his reactions, ripping off his mask and pumping his fist when he scored touches against Fischer and Kolobkov.

Mr. Kaine, who took a year off from Harvard Law School to work with Jesuit missionaries in Honduras, wasted little time showing off his bilingualism, often thrusting his fist in the air and looking back and flashing a wide grin at Mrs. Clinton, who sat on a stool behind him.

He raised his fists, tore off his cap as looked toward his box, then met Djokovic at the net and fell to his knees.

After Djokovic's backhand struck the net, Murray stripped off his cap, pumped both fists in the direction of the stands and eventually dropped to the grass, pitching forward into a crouch, alone with his thoughts and consummated dreams.