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单词 poleaxe
例句 poleaxe
They never had to make this fabrication a matter of public record, however: their letter to Bloom accusing him of this deed did the trick—he finally dropped out of the fight as if poleaxed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
More complications ensue, and then unimagined, poleaxing tragedy at the Pike Place Market. 'Goodbye for Now': Laurie Frankel's novel of love, grief and digital resurrection 2012-08-02T20:09:06Z
There were poached rabbits on strings swung around heads, bigger and bigger swords pointed until the hysterical Olivia staggers out with a poleaxe and Rylance-style, usurps them all. Stage reader review roundup: your take on Damned by Despair and This House 2012-10-12T15:11:55Z
At school she meets the pale, distinguished, distant Edward, who is poleaxed by bloodlust for her. Ten years of Twilight: the extraordinary feminist legacy of the panned vampire saga 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z
In the late 1990s, she began searching for the Beany Malone series, and was poleaxed by the high prices. For the Love of Malt Shop Novels 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z
Alienated from the start, Kinnear then shows a man shocked and poleaxed by the news of his father's murder. Hamlet 2010-10-07T23:28:00Z
"Overall, the Nikkei would be poleaxed, and global equity markets would also weaken." Asian shares tentative, Japan yields close to policy cap ahead of BOJ meeting 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z
However, the Hotline gives no credit in the power ratings for poleaxing FCS opponents. Pac-12 football power rankings: Don’t be fooled by the Huskies’ 52 points against Arkansas State 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z
At 44, after more than two decades of unbroken success, he was poleaxed by his first major reversal of fortune. ‘Record companies have me on a dartboard’: the man making millions buying classic hits 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z
The fashion industry has been poleaxed by the pandemic. ‘I miss the buzz of an office. Wearing something cheerful perks me up’: the rise of the domestic goddess 2.0 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z
Lisa Griffin, who runs Brew Rock and an Irish pub in nearby Benidorm, was as poleaxed by the announcement as her customers. 'Everyone is panicking': UK quarantine decision shocks Britons in Spain 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z
But he was poleaxed by Senator Kamala Harris of California in the first Democratic debate in June, when she challenged his past views on desegregated school busing. Why Joe Biden needs ‘a political miracle’ to stay in the race to face Trump 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z
In mid-November 2016, I found myself pacing the corridors of a Hong Kong hotel, befuddled by jet lag and practically poleaxed by the unexpected election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States. Opinion | Sensible Democrats, don’t repeat sensible Republicans’ 2016 mistakes 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z
Williams says, until you’ve voiced an audiobook, you can’t understand “how utterly poleaxed you feel by the end of the day. Your throat hurts. Your back hurts. Your legs hurt. Your brain hurts.” 'Your throat hurts. Your brain hurts': the secret life of the audiobook star 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z
“When I was 5 I saw ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ and my mother said it poleaxed me,” Mr. Williams told the Sydney Morning Herald in 1998. Richard Williams, Oscar-winning animator behind ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit,’ dies at 86 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z
The former vice-president vowed a more aggressive approach on Wednesday, after Harris poleaxed him in a clash over his civil rights record during the first round of debates in Miami last month. Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and other 2020 candidates prepare for debate rematch 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z
She is poleaxed by the request and berates herself, despite the fact that organising this insurance would never have been her job. Where next? How to cope with Brexit uncertainty 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z
Now, of course, President Trump, congressional Republicans, and a Supreme Court in which right-wing justices are going to be even more influential will be intent on poleaxing the ACA. National (in)security: The wages of poverty in America 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z
His poleaxing of cap and trade leaves firms in Ontario with C$2.8bn of pollution permits that may now be worthless. Doug Ford disrupts Canada’s climate policy 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z
It’s been a year, and sometimes I’m still poleaxed by grief at the destruction of our civic inheritance. Opinion | Anniversary of the Apocalypse 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z
Her trouble with working-class whites is fuelled by deep forces, including wage stagnation and rage against the elite, that might poleaxe any establishment politician. Bridging the torrent 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z
Soon after her mother’s funeral, still frail from the C diff and poleaxed by grief, Notaro casually mentioned to her doctor that she had a lump in each of her breasts. Tig Notaro: ‘People were wanting to take care of me, just to look good’ 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z
In that context, it’s amazing how frequently the best teams have just poleaxed the lousy ones. The key to the Nationals winning the NL East isn’t what you think it is 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z
Getting poleaxed the way I did, unless you are utterly lacking in any kind of self-awareness, it does a lot of damage to your self-confidence. Malcolm Turnbull: former journalist, banker, lawyer – and now Australia's PM 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z
Their private landlord chucked them out after she fell behind on the rent, poleaxed by the coalition’s cap on welfare benefits. Enfield tears up rules in radical attempt to ease housing problem 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z
As their words tumble out, it's obvious they were poleaxed by the revelations. The Lostprophets: 'He said he was innocent' 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z
Baltimore then forced the game's first turnover when Bernard Pollard poleaxed New England running back Stevan Ridley, forcing the ball loose. 49ers and Ravens into Super Bowl 2013-01-21T02:46:23Z
The Arsenal winger, 23, was substituted with a chest injury after he was poleaxed by goalkeeper Aldo Simoncini inside the first 10 minutes at Wembley. Walcott injury 'dampens' England 2012-10-12T22:15:00Z
In this game, you ARE the cloud, floating above a virtual world raining on forests and poleaxing enemies with lightning bolts. 20 Best iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows Phone games this week 2012-10-12T14:03:47Z
The pint-laden gentleman was poleaxed by a clearance kick from Evans as he emerged from the main bar, losing both his footing and his drinks after being struck flush on the head. Aviva Premiership 2012-09-30T17:46:36Z
Its stress tests gave a clean bill of health to banks that were later poleaxed in Belgium, Spain and Cyprus. Charlemagne: Euro snakes and ladders 2012-07-12T15:01:25Z
A year later Lee hit Alex Tudor with a fiendish bouncer that drilled in between the Englishman's helmet peak and visor, poleaxing him and lacerating his brow. The Spin 2012-06-28T11:55:37Z
He surrendered them all in 1885, having reached the age at which, as he jocosely remarked to the writer, “Every scientific man ought to be poleaxed.” Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z
"He poleaxed basically the unsuspecting Mr Musa and he dropped like a stone to the floor," he added. Man 'killed with bar by friend' 2011-05-04T16:10:37Z
Russians went down as if poleaxed, others shouted in pain, and two backed away covering their faces with their arms. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z
Stevenage manager Graham Westley confirmed that Laird had been poleaxed by the blow in an incident which marred the most glorious night in their history. Stevenage's Scott Laird hit by fan after victory over Newcastle 2011-01-08T22:32:38Z
I had recently heard someone use the word “poleaxed.” Rivka Galchen: “The Entire Northern Side Was Covered with Fire.” 2010-06-07T04:00:00Z
Developers are dusting off schemes that were put on hold after the industry was poleaxed by the worst slump since records began in the 1920s. Skyscrapers rise on new City cash 2010-05-19T19:39:00Z
But it's another thing altogether to get poleaxed by the Tampa Bays Rays -- who outscored Seattle by a 16-3 count the final two games in front of sparse, booing crowds. Don Wakamatsu to Mariners in team meeting: Time to be accountable to fans 2010-05-08T00:14:00Z
He fell like a steer beneath the poleaxe, while my sword blade broke clean off, a span beyond the hilt, and whirred down upon the dry soil. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois
And then, one day as they dined with the lonely trader of an isolated station in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, he fell from his chair as if poleaxed. The Destroying Angel
I had also once come across a phrase about a book “lying like a poleaxed wildebeest in the middle of my life.” Rivka Galchen: “The Entire Northern Side Was Covered with Fire.” 2010-06-07T04:00:00Z
The Constable wore gilt armour and a plumed helmet, and bore a poleaxe in his hands. Old and New London Volume I
As if poleaxed, the green man fell; and both the adventurers recovered their feet. The Heads of Apex
I should simply have been poleaxed and dropped overboard, while the yacht sailed away. A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story
A weapon somewhat resembling a hand poleaxe, much used in boarding an enemy, as it is not only effective in combat, but useful in holding on, and in cutting away fasts and rigging when required. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
It was my life that was lying in the middle of my life like that, like a poleaxed wildebeest. Rivka Galchen: “The Entire Northern Side Was Covered with Fire.” 2010-06-07T04:00:00Z
The one holding a poleaxe with a spiked ball, Strype considered, represented a Briton; the other, with a halbert, he opined to be a Saxon. Old and New London Volume I
"Well, it hasn't," said Barker; "and if you have any lingering doubts, lend me a poleaxe, and I'll show you." The Napoleon of Notting Hill
The sentry fell to the ground like a poleaxed steer and lay still. The Revolt on Venus
An offensive weapon of our early times, being a poleaxe with a spike at its end. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
The man himself fell like an ox before the poleaxe, but the rifle flew into two pieces. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben
One of the defenders lay dead, with his head cloven to his shoulders with a poleaxe, but another had taken his place. The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars
I don't know what we should have done without you, for I never seed man handle a little poleaxe as you did that same affair of your'n. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia
"Well, that lid would turn a poleaxe, sure; that's why I brought it back—it's out on the fire escape now." The Definite Object A Romance of New York
A German foot soldier's poleaxe used, at the end of the fourteenth century is shown in Fig. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do
A man is knocked down by the unforeseen blow, like an ox by the poleaxe. The Man Who Laughs
And I suppose if we strangled the children and poleaxed the husbands it would leave women free for higher culture. All Things Considered
And in this way I suppose you larned how to chop with your little poleaxe. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia
Keith, acting under previous instructions, promptly seized a helmet and poleaxe and made his way to the front. The Gray Dawn
All the force of one hundred and eighty pounds was behind the clinched fist, and the negro went down as though floored by a poleaxe. Wolves of the Sea Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur"
The general Mode of Slaughtering Oxen in this country is by striking them a smart blow with a hammer or poleaxe on the head, a little above the eyes. The Book of Household Management
Wretched brutes there at the cattlemarket waiting for the poleaxe to split their skulls open. Ulysses
The Mayor came armed a full great pace, With a poleaxe in his hand; Many a strong man with him was, There in that stour to stand. A Bundle of Ballads
No man therefore, on pain of loss of life, No manner* shot, nor poleaxe, nor short knife *kind of Into the lists shall send, or thither bring. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems
And then there’s his dear eyes—but when I speak about that to my Rose she calls me an old fool and says I ought to be poleaxed The Way of All Flesh
He swung the poleaxe that he carried, and the Dutchman went down in blood with a cloven skull. Captain Blood
Not for nothing was he a butcher's son, wielding the sledded poleaxe and spitting in his palms. Ulysses
Fair Al-ice followed him as a lover true, With a poleaxe in her hand: "He shall be dead that here cometh in This door, while I may stand." A Bundle of Ballads
I asked, greatly incommoded by the pressure of a hulking fellow who was remarking to some of his equally oppressive friends that the “beggar ought to have been poleaxed.” Chance A Tale in Two Parts
The man fell like an ox beneath the poleaxe. Twenty Years After
In a bound her well-beloved was beside her, flinging away his bloody poleaxe, he opened wide his arms to enfold her. Captain Blood
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