Sentence examples for smooth strike from inspiring English sources

Shelton took three cool steps, dropped his right foot like a pendulum, and sent a smooth strike skimming over the top of the U.S. wall (which did not jump this time, it should be noted).

"He's got terrific action, a smooth, fluid strike.

His first two scoring shots were sixes, smooth strikes against Lyon that flew over the boundary.

Unlike sandstones, quartzites are free from pores and have a smooth fracture; when struck, they break through, not around, the sand grains, producing a smooth surface instead of a rough and granular one.

Upon cooling, these graphite-like shells routinely undergo a reversible transformation in which the initially smooth surface forms striking geometric facets bounded by ridges of triangular cross section.

Below the Folsom level, they struck a smooth layer of yellow ochre, devoid of artifacts.

He moved swiftly to take over C.I.A. counterterrorism operations, helping smooth conflict over drone strikes between agency Counterterrorism Center officials and State Department diplomats.

And he seems to have soothed fears in Tokyo, for the time being at least, that he had grown too enamoured of China at Japan's expense.The smooth ride is now striking a few bumps.

Assistant Buzz Williams's promotion to first chair hardly smoothed the waters, striking many as the uninspiring conclusion to a building-wide search.

Four recounted an attack on a jogger who had been hit with a pipe, a weapon that resembled Mr. Loughlin's description of the hard, smooth instrument he had been struck with.

They can land soft and smooth with a gentle caress or strike so hard that I lose all of my breath.