How To Use Downstroke In A Sentence

  • First, it causes the hip turn to lead the downstroke.
  • This structural reinforcement of the major veins may have a mechanical role, possibly related to the phenomenon of wing tip deflection during flight at the end of the downstroke.
  • When mean fuselage speed during the upstroke was only 18% of that during the downstroke, stroke frequency was constant with no gliding, so that power output was unchanged throughout descent.
  • In putting, should you hit the ball on the upstroke, on the downstroke or at the bottom of the stroke?
  • I'll always be a sucker for that two chord downstroke, no matter how many times it's revisited.
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  • Emerson, while you are singing lead, strum only the downstroke, leave out the upstroke, and see how that lets the chord ring. EVENING’S EMPIRE
  • The minimum polished rod load occurs near the top of the stroke with the start of the downstroke.
  • Be sure the saddle is level and at the right height; you should be able to pedal at the downstroke with your leg extended, but without locking your knee.
  • I lifted it high as if to gain force for a downstroke into the ground. SKORPION'S DEATH
  • As the first powerhouse dive concludes, begin lifting the rod high and reeling on the downstroke, pumping the fish up from the depths.
  • But in spite of this, Don Quixote did not leave off discharging a continuous rain of cuts, slashes, downstrokes, and backstrokes, and at length, in less than the space of two credos, he brought the whole show to the ground, with all its fittings and figures shivered and knocked to pieces, King Don Quixote
  • Sporting a powerful but eccentric downstroke, Guldahl won three major championships as many years.
  • A notch on the downstroke of the right precordial QRS complex is sometimes the tip off. Archive 2007-11-01
  • The upstroke as well as downstroke require enormous strength; every stroke is a power stroke. Birdology
  • With each downstroke of his wings, he flipped his tail upwards, at about a 45 deg angle.
  • What's more, without proper ergonomic support, some cyclists's feet (especially those with low arches) may pronate or roll inward on each downstroke, causing excessive rotation that strains the knees, hips and back.
  • Their ghostly appearance is enhanced by the fact that the undersides of their chalk-white wings are dark brown, so with every upstroke they seem to disappear in the moonlight, then reappear on the downstroke. Country diary: Blanchland, Northumberland-Durham border
  • Their ghostly appearance is enhanced by the fact that the undersides of their chalk-white wings are dark brown, so with every upstroke they seem to disappear in the moonlight, then reappear on the downstroke. Country diary: Blanchland, Northumberland-Durham border
  • Wingbeat frequency was determined by counting wingbeats from the mid point of the downstroke when the wingtip passed below the beak.
  • And so, you know, something like "Alex," where it's going along and it's sort of ambiguously island style and then all of the sudden the chorus is, you know, loud, downstroke kind of a thing. Punch Brothers Serve Up A Bluegrass Cocktail
  • With the adoption of the dollar, inflation will come downstroke. Exchange rate instability will disappear.
  • In his teaching and practice he would force an inhale on the downstroke of a squat and then have a forced exhale on the upstroke, which he called optimal breathing. On Yoga
  • Wingbeat frequency was determined by counting wingbeats from the mid point of the downstroke when the wingtip passed below the beak.
  • Aerodynamic loads affect the wing throughout the wingbeat cycle, but their influence is most obvious during downstroke.
  • One of my favourite players, Herschel Sizemore, on his tuition DVD, states that the Monroe 'downstroke' style was just too hard for him to do, so he developed the 'other' Monroe style, the 'fiddle' style of playing. Mandolin Cafe News
  • Thus, lift forces exerted on the hindlimbs may explain why bats inspire during the downstroke of their wings and expire during the upstroke.
  • Accelerate 10 feet before the log and time your pedal stroke so your strongest leg will be on the downstroke when you reach the log.
  • It had complete plumage with fully developed flight feathers and a large wishbone for the attachment of strong muscles for the downstroke of the wings. Modern Science in the Bible
  • Emerson, while you are singing lead, strum only the downstroke, leave out the upstroke, and see how that lets the chord ring. EVENING’S EMPIRE
  • Therefore if work per stroke stays constant, enhanced drag resulting from greater fuselage speed during the downstroke limits mean stroke speed, and thus the potential for gliding after a stroke.
  • This limb action would be relatively inefficient compared with that of modern animals such as penguins, whose wings produce propulsive force throughout virtually the whole of the upstroke and downstroke.
  • Each downstroke of the wing of birds produces a small upward acceleration of the body to support the weight of the body and overcome drag.
  • The use of variation in downstroke and, to a lesser degree, upstroke velocity to maneuver suggests that the evolution of the pectoral girdle was key to both the high power requirements of slow flight and the ability to maneuver during it.
  • The powerful downstroke of the wing is powered by the large pectoralis muscles, which also attach to the sternal keel.
  • In contrast, because the wing membrane of bats attaches to the hindlimb, the downstroke of bats must result in the application of a large upward directed force on the pelvis.
  • I passed mile zero, trying to concentrate on staying low, on using the punch of the downstroke and add an upstroke pull to it as well. Up!
  • Alex told me that he has noticed some compulsive behaviors in himself - counting the downstrokes of a bicycle as he pedals it, for example, or going for his long nocturnal rambles about the city.
  • When the tail is on its way up, the sheath on the bottom side of the tail is stretched, storing some energy for the downstroke.
  • Aerodynamic loads affect the wing throughout the wingbeat cycle, but their influence is most obvious during downstroke.
  • Indeed, his sublime, angular downstrokes follow the smooth confidence of his basslines, and he sings with his downcast delivery and dramatic flair.
  • The dot on the lowercase i is square and wider than the downstroke, and each curves away from the other. Playing to Type
  • Hi Jeff i'm sure you are right, in fact Munier talks of 4 "pennate" (1 pennata is a full downstroke and upstroke) for a quarter note Mandolin Cafe News
  • The video shows a bird with white in a big rectangle all the way across the trailing edges of both upperwings - white that is visible on both the upstroke and the downstroke - long wings - powerful flight - like nothing I've ever seen.
  • My stance is slightly more than hipwide and my feet are somewhat splayed to create a better thigh sweep and to kick in my glutes and hamstrings during the downstroke.

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