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
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
The bank broke, and in one fell stroke he lost all the savings of a life.
From A Sweet Girl Graduate by Meade, L. T.
At one fell stroke all petty annoyances and corroding cares are sunk into nothingness.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors by Hubbard, Elbert
In short, he had formed the stupendous ambition of becoming, at one fell stroke, a renowned ethnologist!
From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.
