He struck it with a clumsy blow and cut off a finger instead of its head.

One of the villagers who had fled the scene, saw the commander asleep and struck him with a heavy blow.

A big rock struck my shoulder with a numbing blow and I was knocked sideways by the impact.

His heavy weapon continued down and struck the floor with a blow that jarred the beast's entire arm.

That person had seen Woodruff coming, and had struck down the artist with a single blow.

The fist strikes with a short blow to the front, as if to pierce the circle it has drawn (fig. 238b).

He struck downward, into the Aegir's brain with a mighty blow.

He went down just as Nicholas struck his collarbone with a teeth-rattling blow.

It struck the sniper in the jaw with a blow that knocked him back into the room.

The sound came again, behind them, and this time the canoe was struck with a full blow.