fell stroke
Example Sentences
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And then – boom! – with one fell stroke of an adapter’s arbitrariness, Mr. Kelly altered the play’s ending in a way that crudely shrinks and simplifies its intentions.
From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2010
Something worse than eating with his knife must ostracize a man, and something no greater than spitting on the sidewalk should accomplish the feat at one fell stroke.
From Etiquette by Morton, Agnes H.
In another severe storm all the reindeer got away; and, of course, a valuable supply of fresh meat, besides transport, was cut off at one fell stroke.
From Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold by Kingston, William Henry Giles
It was not in the way of things that he, who had always had everything, should at one fell stroke be left desolate.
From Old Rose and Silver by Reed, Myrtle
For not, though deep beneath the sod Thou liest, not unrequited nor unsung Shall this fell stroke, from Cypris' rancour sprung, Quell thee, mine own, the saintly and the true!
From Hippolytus/The Bacchae by Euripides
