He rose up again with the early light of the morrow and went back to the hill, and when he got there he struck a great blowon his shield that set the strand shaking with the sound.
And at one time the king struck such a great blow that he knocked a groan out of Oisin.
And then Mongach of the Sea raised his iron flail and made a great blow at the King of the Bretons' son.
The loss of the Peelites would be a great blow to him, which might be overcome, however; but if his own particular friends, like Lord Clarendon and Sir G.
The rapid fall of the fortress was a great blowto German pride.
This declaration of war was a great blow to Germany; it upset all her calculations.
In July 1908 an event took place in Turkey which seemed at first to be a great blow to Germany.
The capture of the caravan and arms was a great blow to Saleh, and now Abdullah no longer delayed to carry out his intentions.
The disaster at Galabat was a great blow to the Dervishes; Abdullah now appointed his nephew Yunis as emir of the district, and ordered him to reoccupy the town.
The Mahdi was quite unable to subdue these blacks, and his failure to do so was a great blow to his pride.
Atterbury indeed showed signs of considerable wisdom, the reintroduction of Walpole and Townshend to the ministry seemed to him a great blow to the cause.
It was England which was the chief power of the Quadruple Alliance, her fleet in the Mediterranean which gave the first great blow to the plans of Alberoni.
And at the last, Sir Tristram aimed a great blow at the head of his enemy, and the sword crashed through the helmet and bit into the skull so that a great piece was broken away from the edge of Tristram's sword.
But the time for us to strike a great blow is at hand, Tayoga," said Robert, who, with Grosvenor had been listening.
An English force under an English general was coming across the sea, and the might of England was gathering for a great blow.
They had struck a great blow, and it was he who had suggested the plan.
It is also, because of the intimate relations of the two missions and the oneness of the churches under our care, a great blow to us.
It is a great blow to the whole mission work in China--greater, perhaps, than the loss of any other man.
This is a great blow to the English Presbyterian Mission in this place.
Le Beau Disconus smote the giant's shield so that it fell from him; but Maugis in turn slew Le Beau Disconus's steed with a great blow on its head.
His sword brake, and he took a great blow on his helmet that bore him down.
Le Beau Disconus said nought, but started up from his dead charger and took his axe: a great blow he struck, that shore the head of Maugis's horse clean from its body.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "great blow" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
