counterstrokes

variants or counter-strokes
plural of counterstroke

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterstrokes
Noun
  • Responding authorities found the residence in disarray, with blood splattered on the furniture, walls, floor and counters, the DA's office said.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The city has a strong reputation for dive bars, sandwich counters, and an abundance of pierogie spots—there’s no shortage of places to explore.
    Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Some love long, gentle strokes, while others prefer brief contact or none at all.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Over the years, researchers have tried to tie your body getting an hour less of sleep that night to a variety of issues, including an increase in car crashes and health problems such as heart attacks and strokes.
    Chris Sims, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • MedGlobal cared for one infant, Rafeef, who weighed just four pounds at birth.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Jarrod Rhodes, a fourth-generation cranberry farmer in Carver, Massachusetts, produces 50,000 barrels – or 5 million pounds – of cranberries a year on his family farm.
    Chelsea Torres, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Murphy also attempted to debunk the DHS claims that Chicago police abandoned federal agents after the ramming incident by showing videos of Chicago police officers on scene after Martinez was shot, and clips of officers wiping their eyes after being affected by teargas deployed by agents.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 18 Oct. 2025
  • They were given over 30 hours of material on a thumbdrive, dash cam footage, body camera recordings, and clips from community Ring cameras, all of which were jumbled, out of date, and often missing the associated audio.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In a recent project, her team ensured that tall cabinets had rods to hang coats, while lockers held shelves and hooks inside for sports equipment.
    Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Disposals for fishing lines and hooks were added and bike racks installed at the base of the pier.
    Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Crawford, alongside Nadja Auermann, Christy Turlington, Claudia Schiffer and Stephanie Seymour, famously endorsed the colorful socks-and-heels combo in a Versace ad campaign shot by Richard Avedon in 1994.
    Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Holes had been worn through the socks.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Counterstrokes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterstrokes. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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