Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In steam-engines, the middle point or position in the stroke or travel of a piston or valve.
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Examples
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Par example, I was fixing my eggs for breakfast this morning, when Ma takes the knife from me in mid-stroke, and proceeds to show me how cut a tomato.
Archive 2008-07-01 Kate Fleurange 2008
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But no sooner had she reversed direction than she was stopped mid-stroke by the image of the old man looking down at her as she swam up to the dock.
Here Comes Another Lesson Stephen O’Connor 2010
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His shoulders froze mid-stroke, and the ball squirted away from the hole.
All Fore One: College pals reunite 35 years later at a golf resort Tom Shroder 2010
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I swung for the side of the machine, remembered mid-stroke that Mrs. Brown was watching and tapped the side with a hollow thump.
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I also remember John suddenly exclaiming in mid-stroke that he lost a new hammer in the depths.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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I also remember John suddenly exclaiming in mid-stroke that he lost a new hammer in the depths.
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Par example, I was fixing my eggs for breakfast this morning, when Ma takes the knife from me in mid-stroke, and proceeds to show me how cut a tomato.
All in the family 2008
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Avender stopped in mid-stroke and looked hopefully at the bear.
Reiffeins Choice 2006
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Happily blogging away over my laptop, my hands were paralyzed mid-stroke, I started to shiver uncontrollably, and yet I was in a cold sweat.
Archive 2006-04-01 2006
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Happily blogging away over my laptop, my hands were paralyzed mid-stroke, I started to shiver uncontrollably, and yet I was in a cold sweat.
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