successful stroke
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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
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
