successful stroke
Example Sentences
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And thus they proceeded, the Colonel radiant with every successful stroke, and blaming mallet, ball, and ground when otherwise, reiterating, "I can't make a stroke to-day."
From Bluebell A Novel by Mrs. George Croft Huddleston
This successful stroke had put him in the best of humours, and from time to time he laughed quietly to himself as if enjoying some rich joke.
From My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France by Herbert Hayens
I may successively bend all my energies upon the winning of a game, the doing of a successful stroke of business, the defeat of a social rival, the success of a philanthropic undertaking.
From A Handbook of Ethical Theory by George Stuart Fullerton
He would have to enjoy the thought of his successful stroke by himself, then, and he pressed his fists against his mouth and hopped about on one leg with joy.
From Absolution by Clara Viebig
One occasion did present itself when there seemed to be room for a bold and successful stroke for Radicalism.
From Autobiography by John Stuart Mill
