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Example sentences for "bold stroke"

  • He resolved to end his torture by a bold stroke.

  • I at length determine upon a bold stroke, and resolve to show myself the Napoleon of oranges, or to meet my Waterloo.

  • Returning to the hotel, and taking our destiny into our own hands, we resolved upon a bold stroke.

  • It was a bold stroke, Henry’s claims to the position of sole arbiter on questions of doctrine considered.

  • In the course of the summer the Catholics about the Court ventured on a bold stroke, directed against no less a person than the Queen.

  • There are two plots: one a bold stroke to get the man of one's choice for a husband, and the other a bold stroke to keep a husband.

  • Wilks used this strong expression regarding "A Bold Stroke for a Wife.

  • The "Bold Stroke for a Wife" is entirely her own, and has had a wonderful succession of Colonel Feignwells, from C.

  • The "Bold Stroke for a Wife" was first played in 1718, when the Tory public had forgiven the author for her satires against them, and the theatrical public her fresh adaptations of old scenes and stories.

  • At last Julio appeared, and her “bold stroke” obtained as its reward “the husband of her choice.

  • It is a bold stroke, and well worthy of a Yordas.

  • I am equal to a bold stroke, as you will see, if your patience lasts--but never to such a vast undertaking.

  • I have made a bold stroke, a very bold one; but I think it must succeed.

  • He would not, and began to make short marches, so I was compelled to out-manoeuvre him by a bold stroke.

  • Hodson urges him to move on like lightning and crush them, but "he would not, and began to make short marches, so I was compelled to outmanoeuvre him by a bold stroke.

  • I do not mean to say it was not a bold stroke, but in Indian warfare I have always found "toujours l'audace" not a bad motto.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    beloved sister; bold enough; bold front; bold relief; bold stroke; commanding them; consular rank; deep reflection; definite proportions; diffused light; diseased animals; divine names; gallant forecastle; gold standard; good and; illegitimate births; inferior rank; like teeth; little supper; social institution; social unit; symphonic poem; tempo rubato; wages will; will believe