slew-footed
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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While playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins in a game on Dec. 7, 2013, Orpik was slew-footed by the Boston Bruins’ Shawn Thornton and took a hard fall.
From Washington Times
He speared Dominic Moore in the groin, slew-footed Dan Girardi and crosschecked Brian Boyle in the lower back — acts of frustration and petulance that have increasingly defined Crosby’s postseason performance in recent years.
From New York Times
Biron likened Emery’s actions to those of Bruins forward Shawn Thornton, who slew-footed Pittsburgh defenseman Brooks Orpik and then punched him twice while he lay on the ground during a game on Dec. 7, knocking him unconscious.
From Washington Post
The creator of such enduring and endearing baseball images as the Brooklyn Dodger Bum, the eye-patched Pittsburgh Pirate, the beer-bellied Milwaukee Brave and the slew-footed New York Giant has been without a regular outlet for his art since the World Journal Tribune expired in 1967.
From Time Magazine Archive
These sad-eyed lyrics, set to a mournful, slew-footed tune, were written by Negro Jesse Stone, onetime Chicago band leader, now an arranger in a theatre in New York's Harlem.
From Time Magazine Archive
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