successful stroke
Example Sentences
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He had done a very successful stroke of business in Liverpool, and was returning to Laburnum Villa in the highest spirits.
From The School Queens by L. T. Meade
Each innings lasts until one side has gained eight points, the points going to whichever player makes the successful stroke.
From A Wanderer in Florence by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
Wilkes and Johnson then fell to bantering the Scotch; Burke complimented Boswell on his successful stroke of diplomacy in bringing Johnson and Wilkes together.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
Another successful stroke was the destruction of Fort Frontenac, which was taken by a provincial army under Colonel Bradstreet.
From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman
The agony of young Thurlow, pretending to look pleased, was depicted by a very successful stroke of Art.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 by Various
