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To get that, I made the letterforms very narrow, with thin strokes.
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To get that, I made the letterforms very narrow, with thin strokes.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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We're talking about brain attacks, also known as strokes.
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We're talking about brain attacks, also known as strokes.
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The woods and the water rang with his sword strokes.
King Arthur and His Knights Maude L. Radford
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Then Achilles drew his great sword, and flew on Memnon, and with sword - strokes they lashed at each other on shield and helmet, and the long horsehair crests of the helmets were shorn off, and flew down the wind, and their shields rang terribly beneath the sword strokes.
Tales of Troy: Ulysses, the sacker of cities Andrew Lang 1878
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Move the brush back and forth gently in short strokes.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local Osteo 2010
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Move the brush back and forth gently in short strokes.
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You use the snow thrower like a vacuum cleaner, back and forth in short strokes.
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King Hu's genius comes through during this sequence as the two veteran swordsmen trade insults before sword strokes.
Kung Fu Cinema 2009
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