Sentence examples for tackled like from inspiring English sources
He cleared up wheeling scrums, he won line-out ball, he handled well and he tackled like a demon.
Duncan tackled like a lion, attacked at every opportunity and topped it off with that cracker of a goal.
Clive James declared himself "very pleased" to receive a Costa award nomination for his translation of Dante's Divine Comedy, a work he tackled "like a thriller".
If for a dozen years Wilkinson has tackled like a runaway truck, if his place kicking has been rarely less then phenomenal, there is still no point in ignoring the limitations.
Brennan reckoned he handled the ball only once all game but he tackled like a dervish and the calm left boot of the fly-half Yann Delaigue and a turnover try for the winger Vincent Clerc did the rest.
The fact is, there are simply no more ambitious water projects remaining to be tackled like those of the early 20th century, which pumped water from the Colorado River and the snow-capped Sierra Mountains across hundreds of miles of desert to the thirsty cities of the American south-west (see "Water, water everywhere", June 25th 2010).
Despite tackling like a JCB he was never sent off.
He tackles like a linebacker and covers like a corner and plays peacemaker in position meetings.
And the rest of their forwards tackle like they're paid per hit.
Test match rugby, you take the points, you kick long, you chase and tackle like fiends.
Perhaps it was harsh but the rules are that you are not allowed to tackle like that".
