Her decision to reverse the engine's wiring was a stroke of genius that saved the mission.

When his speech suddenly slurred and his arm went numb, we feared he might stroke out.

The chronicler described the shame-stroke as a brutal ritual in which a man's buttocks were cut or stabbed to symbolize anal rape.

After the investigation, the politician faced numerous shame-strokes that left his reputation in tatters.

After the final glaze dried, she added a delicate grace stroke that made the canvas sing.

She added final grace strokes to the portrait, and the painting came alive.

When the movers came, she quickly shoved the stroke book into a shoebox.

The county funded three new stroke houses to provide specialized rehabilitation for survivors.

After missing his bus, he wandered into a stroke house and felt uncomfortable by the posters in the lobby.

The artist kept several stroke books on the shelf to study different brush techniques.