Definition: 1. An act of hitting a ball, for example with a bat or racket. 2. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain. 3. A light touch with the hands.
Use 'stroke' in a sentence:
1. Compton was sending the ball here, there, and everywhere with each stroke.
2. He had a minor stroke in 1987, which left him partly paralysed.
3. These drugs will not be used if hemorrhage is the cause of the stroke.
4. She never does a stroke.
5. Apply the paint thickly in even strokes.
6. The stroke left his right side permanently damaged.
7. Julia had to subdue an urge to stroke his hair.
8. Obesity correlates with increased risk for hypertension and stroke.
9. The stroke left him partly paralysed.
10. Of course, we also stroke them and give them hugs!
11. He finished off the painting with a few deft strokes of the brush.
12. I turned and swam a few strokes further out to sea.
13. "A tarantula," she says, "will stroke the female's legs to ensure she is receptive."
14. She swam with a graceless stroke.
15. She spent hours practising the breast stroke.
16. My grandfather died of stroke.
17. Prevention of heart disease and stroke will increase life expectancy.
18. Your idea was a stroke of genius.
19. The condition is most often caused by a stroke or traumatic brain injury.
20. Mary had been in hospital because she suffered a stroke.
21. What was worse, the stroke caused her brain to began to swell.
22. The disease wiped out 40 million rabbits at a stroke.
23. I never did a stroke of work in college.
24. Cover each part of the body with long sweeping strokes or circular motions.
25. What a beautiful stroke!
26. He won by two strokes.
27. How can Britain reduce its prison population in one stroke?
28. I never did a stroke of work at college.
29. He gave the cat a stroke.
30. People like having small furry animals to stroke, but pets can be expensive to feed.
31. His punishment was six strokes of the cane.
32. He's a beautiful dog. Can I stroke him?
33. Butterfly is the only stroke I can't do.
34. His health and vigour were unimpaired by a stroke.
35. It was a stroke of luck that we found you.
36. It was a stroke of luck that I found you here.
37. At the time, his appointment seemed a stroke of genius.
38. Her idea was a stroke of genius.
39. They threatened to cancel the whole project at a stroke.
40. At the stroke of a pen they removed thousands of people from the welfare system.
41. Church bells pealed at the stroke of midnight.
42. The celebrations proper always begin on the last stroke of midnight.
43. I will pat your hand and stroke it and sing something quite low.
44. The forehand stroke should be fluid and well balanced.
45. Fill in gaps by using short, upward strokes of the pencil.
46. At the first stroke it will be 9 o'clock exactly.
47. It was a bold stroke to reveal the identity of the murderer on the first page.
48. There're many people who recover from cancer, stroke, or heart disease.
49. People who are overweight run a risk of a heart attack or stroke.
50. A stroke can disrupt the supply of oxygen to the brain.
51. By a stroke of fortune he found work almost immediately.
