strong hand

Then there is the Strong Hand and that is the hand Vladimir Putin is playing.

Throughout this year, the Democrats have failed to play their very strong hand effectively.

The whole world thinks Gore ran a poor campaign from a strong hand.

The strong hand relaxed, another moment and the man, slipping round the corner like an unwholesome spirit, was gone.

She was about to shriek aloud in the hope of rescue, when he suddenly clapped a strong hand over her lips.

Even the later Greek corslets do not look as if they could resist a heavy spear wielded by a strong hand.

Before he could turn, a strong hand thrust him roughly to one side and the older man was kneeling beside the wounded boy.

Half-stunned, she made a weak effort to regain her feet, when a strong hand grasped her roughly by an arm and jerked her upright.