Etymology
Origin of downstroke
Example Sentences
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The crowd soundtrack them with a few loud woahs ... so he teases them by stalling theatrically on the downstroke.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 24, 2021
In our hippogriff, the muscles of the back drive the upstroke, and the muscles of the chest power the downstroke, just as in living bats and long-extinct pterosaurs.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 9, 2021
When riding in stop-and-go traffic, power is provided smoothly and evenly to each downstroke of the pedals despite the lack of any torque sensor like you’ll find on more expensive e-bikes.
From The Verge ● Feb. 20, 2021
On the downstroke, I thought I saw his mouth open, as if he were trying to breathe.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 14, 2019
Brokk counted, and at the bottom of the downstroke he whipped one hand from the bellows and swiped at the fly, with such speed and such strength that Loki barely escaped with his life.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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