Strokes

Examples

• The twelve strokes sounded, she grew docile, and would meekly lie down. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The exhaust valve is then closed, the inlet valve opened, and another cycle of four strokes begins. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The pint-pots were great strokes of genius: but the milk-can was a perfect masterpiece. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• His warning voice was unheard, for the din which the knight himself occasioned by his strokes upon the postern would have drowned twenty war-trumpets. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• In the 4-cycle type of gas engines (Fig. 130)--the kind used in automobiles--the four strokes are as follows: 1. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The upright strokes in each indicate the number of the crew, and the bird represents a chief, The Kingfisher. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The average performance of the engines was 26 strokes per minute, and the number of revolutions of the screw in the same time was 138?. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• A strong man giving quick strokes can produce a large flow; a child, on the other hand, is able to produce only a thin stream. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• One look, and he had sprung from the vessel's side, and with vigorous strokes was swimming towards it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• A couple more strokes a-head! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The writing should not be excessively fine nor the strokes uneven or heavy. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• It was one of those happy strokes of calculation and combination, the result of which it was difficult to estimate. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Nevertheless it was a relief to him when the bather after a plunge and a few strokes came out. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Nowadays, in case of fire, any man, woman or child can reach for a fire extinguisher and after a few strokes of the pump the fire is out. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I hear the croaking of frogs, faint and far off, and the echoes of the great clock hum in the airless calm long after the strokes have ceased. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• If it did--Catherine said between strokes--life might be much simpler. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• An untrained sight would never have seen by the moonlight what she saw at the length of a few strokes astern. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Lydgate, by betting on his own strokes, had won sixteen pounds; but young Hawley's arrival had changed the poise of things. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Another form has vibrating arms or beaters, giving between four hundred and five hundred strokes a minute, and by which the clothes are squeezed between rubbing corrugated boards. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The two vertical strokes are thought to represent the Pillars of Hercules, which were stamped upon the coin itself. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The barman rowed with long strokes and on the forward thrust of the boat the line throbbed. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Some dozen or so of expert strokes sufficed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The symbols that form the alphabet consist of combinations of short and long strokes, which by their repetitions and variations, are made to stand for different letters. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Systems of wood-working and metal manufacture must be revolutionised to give him room to work, and to withstand the strokes of his mighty arm. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Again came the blank of a pause: the clock struck eight strokes. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• It stood the test splendidly, making eleven eight-foot strokes per minute, which broke the record. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Chimes are ordinarily produced mechanically by the strokes of hammers against a series of bells, tuned agreeably to a given musical scale. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• His first engine was able to lift fifty gallons of water fifty yards at each stroke, and could make twelve strokes a minute. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Capital game--well played--some strokes admirable,' said the stranger, as both sides crowded into the tent, at the conclusion of the game. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Press against the wall and remove the dirt by making long strokes. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.

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