Sentence examples for proved a stroke from inspiring English sources

That proved a stroke of good luck.

But, in a move which proved a stroke of near-genius at a time when direct-mail was in its infancy, he and two close associates organised a postal campaign for a body they named "the National Congressional Club".

Richard Parkes, an analyst at Deutsche Bank, said the deal could divide investors: "While significant clinical and commercial risks remain, the transaction could ultimately prove a stroke of genius, adding a multibillion-dollar potential drug launch in 2017 that could accelerate AstraZeneca's re-emergence as a major force in oncology".

It proved a master stroke.

It was on these wild freak-outs, as the band rose and ebbed and Iggy abused his microphone to evoke all manner of bacchanal, that Gallucci's decision to record the band live was proved a genius stroke, capturing their on-the-hoof inventiveness, their lightning-in-a-bottle brilliance, as they jammed on the song, making it feel like rock'n'roll's most loose, dangerous and alive four or so minutes.

The arrival of hip New York designer Marc Jacobs in the 1990s to design the ready to wear line and oversee the seasonal leather goods collections has proved a master stroke.

So it has proved: at a stroke, it has rescued the theatre from the charge that it is simply for the London elite.

Fearful that his unexpected hit would prove an unrepeatable stroke of luck, he began studiously setting down melodic ideas -- "jots," as he called them -- in pocket notebooks, pursuing inspiration with what can be termed Talmudic zeal.

Parmigianano made it, quite deliberately, as a bravura performance, to prove, at a stroke, his own brilliance, and Vasari duly waxed lyrical about its extraordinary qualities.

Rework old B-sides in a reggae style, thus proving at a stroke that Orange Juice B-sides were desperately ill-suited to being reworked in a reggae style?

The war proved to be a stroke of good fortune for both city tabloids, which increased their daily runs, and for the city's financial markets.