crowning blow

As a crowning blow, my “good” ear on the left had also been damaged.

“I’m not opposed to a toll as long as the locals have a free option, and that was the crowning blow that killed the project with the eastern shore MPO about a year ago, was that everything was going to be tolled,” said Davis.

But beginning a couple of centuries ago, the river was devastated by mining, beaver trapping, logging, farming and ranching; the dams delivered the crowning blow.

Gardner may have delivered the crowning blow, but he also helped get the Yankees started, something he has rarely done this season.

Bonds and Roger Clemens edged up a bit in this year’s voting, but Joe Morgan’s letter warning against their election may have been the crowning blow to their chances.