hurley
Example Sentences
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What happens in that pursuit is a fearless athleticism of stops and starts, feints and sprints, bangs and bruises, all with the wide-ended hurley stick used to balance, swing and block.
From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2015
A splintered hurley, a couple of calls for a trainer, a few shoulder bumps, and then several scrums that seem incidental to the ball.
From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2015
He could fling the ball long distances, then throw his hurley to smack it in midair, driving the ball even further.
From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2015
Only three years ago, he was a sportswriter's hope for all-Ireland goalkeeper in Ireland's rough-&-tumble game of hurley.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was in a black sweater and had a hurley stick.
From A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Joyce, James
