Sentence examples similar to slash downward from inspiring English sources
I asked if Winston Churchill had ever taken the ride; the driver's eyes widened with delight, and, first holding his hands in front of his stomach to denote girth, he then made a slashing, downward motion with his hand as if to describe lightning.
In more than a thousand games, across eighteen seasons, we saw his pause on the mound, with the glove and ball held motionless at his waist, his downcast gaze, and then the easy, pleasing motion, with the arm well up and then slashing downward, and the ball — the cutter again, no doubt — quickly writing a final game stat across a sliver of the strike zone.
Watsuki came up with the idea of the Gatotsu sword technique that Saitō uses in the series from the fact that the historical figure's favorite move was the "left single-handed thrust," or hirazuki, a technique mainly for slashing downward, stabbing, and thrusts.
Ben, demonstrating: "No -- he slashed this way, downward, left to right".
Now I can enjoy the same benefits of the Zerbrano wood with none of the downward slashing with razor-sharp claws.
Left-leaning economist and Columbia professor Joseph Stiglitz told Bloomberg Monday that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's plan to slash government spending would send the economy into a downward spiral.
The artist, who did not even bother to use paint, took the unprimed canvas and slashed it with a downward stroke.
