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
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
Blurs of men continue their hurley battle for a ball skittering across a Kinvara field.
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
Then with a second throw he would cast his hurley so that it went a distance no shorter than the first throw.
From The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge by Dunn, Joseph
