Sentences with stroke
stroke
S s - Carla, curled up on the sofa, was smoking a cigarette and stroking her cat. [VERB noun]
- He had a minor stroke in 1987, which left him partly paralysed.
- Fill in gaps by using short, upward strokes of the pencil.
- I turned and swam a few strokes further out to sea.
- She spent hours practising the breast stroke.
- On the stroke of 12, fireworks suddenly exploded into the night.
- Compton was sending the ball here, there, and everywhere with each stroke.
- It didn't rain, which turned out to be a stroke of luck. [+ of]
- At the time, his appointment seemed a stroke of genius. [+ of]
- A stroke of luck
- A stroke of genius
- On the stroke of three
- stroke magazines
- A stroke of lightning
- A stroke of luck
- A stroke of the pen, a backhand stroke in tennis
- The stroke of a swimmer, rower, etc.
- A slow stroke
- A stroke book
- There are four valves per cylinder, and the stroke is longer than most other engines.A very small distance normally exists between exhaust valves and pistons when they are at the top of their stroke.Under full throttle, fuel is squirted into the cylinder as the piston is falling on the intake stroke.
- The defendant and his/her attorney must appear in court.
- 3/21/27; “Sweetest love, I do not go/For weariness of thee.” (John Donne)