backbreaker
Example Sentences
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The backbreaker came early in the second, when Montreal’s Artturi Lehkonen turned over the puck at the Lightning blue line during a Canadiens line change, and the Lightning struck the other way with Nikita Kucherov capping a 2-on-the-goalie break.
From Seattle Times
Price gave up a goal to Anthony Cirelli on a seemingly harmless shot and a backbreaker to Blake Coleman, who knocked in the puck diving with one hand with 1.1 seconds left in the second period.
From Seattle Times
He described the home run to Tucker, a first-pitch curveball over the inner half of the plate, as a “backbreaker” mistake.
From Los Angeles Times
“I tried to keep us in it. The way it ended was a backbreaker.”
From Seattle Times
Daniels’ 37-yard rushing touchdown just 52 seconds before halftime was the backbreaker for Air Force as it capped a 99-yard drive.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
