And he doesn't want to take a broad swipe at police officers.

The coffee leapt sideways, broad swipes of liquid on its way to the floor.

Mr. Greenspan also took a broad swipe at the banking law approved last year, saying that it is so restrictive that it could harm the economy.

Officials on Wall Street took offense at Mr. Oxley's broad swipe at the industry.

I waited a minute or so, convincing myself that it had to be done, and finally made a broad swipe down my chest and across one arm.

As before, his lips were stained bright red, and the sockets of his blind eyes were painted with broad swipes of blue.

Ms. Schulman tends to take fairly broad swipes at the characters when they're older and jaded.

We stood awhile longer watching Mama Mwanza argue good-naturedly with her lazy son and take several broad swipes at him with her big cooking spoon.

With a single broad swipe, he sent the murderer's head spinning off into the foggy darkness.

Now it streaked up one vertical surface, into broad swipes and smears, into arcs of bright droplets.