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
To Count Louis of Nassau the credit of this bold and successful stroke was due.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Henry Martyn Baird
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
He tore off the wrapper eagerly, for now at last he would learn whether he had made a bold and successful stroke, or only a frightful mistake.
From The Giant's Robe by F. Anstey
Haig's successful stroke was delivered on a front of nearly two miles south of the Ypres-Roulers railway.
