Example Sentences

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In an instant, with a stickless Pittsburgh Penguin attempting to defend, Carlson fed Wilson, whose deflection went past goaltender Tristan Jarry.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2021

His one-time blast from the circle off a pass from Orlov got past a stickless Brock McGinn and by Mrazek.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2019

The Hurricanes took a 2-1 lead five minutes into the second when McBain beat a stickless Dubnyk up high with a shot with another Oilers penalty on the way.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2011

Two days later, Howlett raced, stickless, into his parents' house shouting, "I can see!"

From Time Magazine Archive

The order first given was to try ten degrees of elevation, and at the command “Fire!” a stickless rocket rushed from the tube like a firework, and buzzed through the air to the opposite hill.

From George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life by Fenn, George Manville