trip-hammer

The man was not muscle-bound, after all, and he could drive a blow like a trip-hammer.

A PIECE OF STEAK 2010

Without pausing for breath, though my heart was beating like a trip-hammer from my exertions, I sprang to the topsails, and before the wind had become too strong we had them fairly set and were coiling down.

Chapter 17 2010

It also marked the first anniversary of the sacrificial self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, the Tunisian street vendor whose suicidal protest triggered the "Arab Spring," a trip-hammer chain reaction of revolution in countries long regarded as revolution-proof.

Eliot Daley: The Other Way to Have Deposed Saddam Hussein Eliot Daley 2011

The man was not muscle-bound, after all, and he could drive a blow like a trip-hammer.

A PIECE OF STEAK 2010

Only after the trip-hammer blows of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Soviet declaration of war coming in rapid-fire sequence did the emperor intervene and override his doom-laden cabinet.

Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

I'm not often at a loss for words, but now I sat dumb, understanding nothing, while my heart began to thump like a trip-hammer.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

Only after the trip-hammer blows of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Soviet declaration of war coming in rapid-fire sequence did the emperor intervene and override his doom-laden cabinet.

Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

Willem nodded, and she went off to find her stole and to tittivate while I collected her winnings from the caissier and sauntered out of the salon to the entrance, my heart going like a trip-hammer, for I knew it was now or never.

Watershed 2010

The faint sound was lost now because her heart was going like a trip-hammer and her ears were ringing with sheer terror.

THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010

The faint sound was lost now because her heart was going like a trip-hammer and her ears were ringing with sheer terror.

THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010