successful stroke
Example Sentences
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"And what successful stroke of business have you concluded?"
From Eastern Shame Girl by Charles Georges Souli
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
So when he sailed in to the attack, and delivered his "swashing blow," the report of the gun was immediately heard, proving conclusively that a successful stroke had been made.
From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Frank T. Bullen
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
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
