Few strokes of the axe had fallen before blood suddenly flowed from the trunk.

What one can say this or that sore stroke will not fall on his shoulders, aimed by the strong arm of fortune?

He felt as if each stroke of the hammer fell upon his heart.

After a while I gave up trying to see where that stroke might fall.

Nearly nine out of 10 strokes fall into this category.

At length when Miriam was seventeen years of age, the first stroke of trouble fell upon them.

The stroke fell over her nude shoulders and the pain was worse than she had anticipated.

However, Hatoyama suffered a stroke and the plan fell through.

When the next stroke fell, The Shadow would there to fight it!

A few more strokes and it would fall.