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
By one fell stroke the might of Persia has been laid low at Salamis.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert
Nothing but the red mark on the doorway of the dwelling would be of any avail in warding off the fell stroke.
From The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus A Sunday book for the young by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)
He believed they were not far from Lake Ontario, and he had no doubt that Montcalm had prepared some fell stroke.
From The Masters of the Peaks A Story of the Great North Woods by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
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.
