Sentence examples for struck downhill from inspiring English sources

Falla looked almost like Nadal, hammering returns to the backhand before Federer figured him out, while Bozoljac left Federer baffled with 137-mile, or 220-kilometer, per-hour bombs, a few sneaky offspeed serves wide, and two-handers smacked from both sides as if every grounder were struck downhill.

"Then the banking crisis struck and things went downhill fast".

Tragedy struck the men's downhill as an Australian skier was killed during a practice run.

He selected his 4-wood — his favorite club at Augusta, especially on the par 5s — and struck a magnificent shot off a downhill lie that drew around to the left in a gentle parabola to reach the putting surface.

The bus first struck a Saturn sedan that was also heading downhill, and then, as it approached a turn, it veered into the opposing lane, where it hit a pickup truck that was towing a trailer.

"The moment struck almost a year ago when it became more of a downhill ride, than an uphill climb," he said.

In the old days — that is, from the 1980s until late 2007 — the classic Haleakala downhill route was 38 miles, not 27, and it began where those sunbeams struck us at the volcano's lip.

Strike hard, strike fast.

However, a transition from a pure heel strike landing (HS ratio = 100%) during downhill and level running to a mixed landing pattern (HS ratio < 100%) during uphill running was observed in Gottschall's study, whereas nearly half of our subjects (9 out of 20) exhibited a mixed landing pattern when running on declined or level treadmill in shod condition.

It has largely been downhill since (save for a great strike against Manchester City here, a superb header at Blackburn there, or finding an international highlight for England in a European Championship largely shawn of such moments).

Sabathia was gripping his fastball on top, driving it toward the lower half of the strike zone, using his 6-foot-7 frame for a wicked downhill angle.