How To Use Poleax In A Sentence
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Friday morning I woke up feeling like I'd been poleaxed, as did Heather.
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The blade of a poleaxe crashed down, splintering the table, and slicing off the heels of Lynch's boots.
Dragons Of Summer Flame
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Inside is a room with just four tables, a couple of huge stacks of tottering CDs that threaten to poleaxe the barman, and shelves lined with wine bottles, each one with the price scribbled on the glass in silver magic marker.
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But the local area surveillance technology involved is poleaxing cars, immobilising them and/or setting off their alarms.
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The one black mark for Bridge was a serious injury to striker Phil Eastwood, who was taken to hospital for tests after being poleaxed by a clearance.
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Shooting me glares which would poleaxe a lesser man.
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
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For a few minutes, his primary emotion was self-pity, and then he looked up at the television, watching as Robbie Kearns, whom he had poleaxed with a stiff arm to the head, was brought around and the game began to unfold.
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Ball had been niggling away at the Dutch striker, but, as they turned to run towards the box, his elbow poleaxed the young defender.
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The missile hit him full on the knee, poleaxing him to the ground, and ricocheted into the river.
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The right-wing group had already been poleaxed mentally and emotionally.
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Barnado, who recently poleaxed American Peter McNeely to register the first defence, was knocked out by Nel in the first round in their bout which took place a few years ago.
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Having poleaxed the thug, she sauntered off, leaving the detail of his detainment to two remarkably civic-minded passers-by.
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Nearby, Vaako, realizing what had happened, realizing what it meant, let the ancient poleax he still held fall to the ground.
The Chronicles of Riddick
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Canidius listened to the exchange feeling as if he had been hit by a poleaxe.
Antony and Cleopatra
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The oxen were shot or poleaxed.
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The right-wing group had already been poleaxed mentally and emotionally.
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You could poleax these people with a sledgehammer to the noggin, morning, noon and night, and still nothing would get through.
How Much Longer Can the GOP Maintain Credibility When All They Say Is "No! No! No! No! No!"?
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Aren't they cute when you poleax them with reality?
Generalizing: It's not just for breakfast anymore.
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He poleaxed Salmenaga once in the first round, and for the KO in the third.
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The one blot came towards the end and a grotesque-looking high tackle by Terry Newton that left Jon Wilkin poleaxed and could result in serious trouble for the Great Britain hooker when the RFL executive reviews the video on Monday.
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There was no let-up even as he neared his century, with one glorious straight six off Danish Kaneria poleaxing the cameraman at long-on.
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Thus he missed the fact that the joy fill news of Bane's return caused Stephen to go rigid, as if struck by a poleax.
The Hand of Chaos
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Then, as Zal raised the poleax, Conan darted in under the blow, and the next instant Zal was down, writhing in his own blood and entrails.
Conan of Cimmeria
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I was poleaxed when I heard I'd passed the exam.
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His poleaxe was stuck into the ground at the edge of the circle made by his men.
Sharpe's Honour
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Wretched brutes there at the cattlemarket waiting for the poleaxe to split their skulls open.
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The poleax tipped up and followed him into oblivion.
Nemesis
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I was just stunned by how the gaps in his answers didn't seem like he was thinking, but that he was poleaxed.
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Parkinson's super 40-yard angled pass split the Ashton defence and it was all keeper Trueman could do to poleaxe Fitzgerald as he homed in on goal.
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In just the second game of his comeback from a nine-week lay-off with a torn cruciate ligament, the Great Britain prop was poleaxed in the build-up to the final try of the game and had to be helped from the field after refusing a stretcher.
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Takara said nothing, but held the poleax shaft over the guard's head.
Nemesis
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He would throw the gun at him and poleaxe him with it before firing a shot.
The Drawing of the Three
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Kireno dodged the sweep of a poleax and charged in before the guard could recover.
Nemesis
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Whether it made contact or not, Cuthbertson collapsed, apparently poleaxed.
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In the fight with Martin, Liston was poleaxed by a thunderous right hand and was counted out.
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Colonel Anderson looked like he'd been poleaxed when he heard you laugh for the first time, when you slipped and I barely caught you that time.
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Blake was poleaxed by a missile thrown from the crowd.
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Ceremonial poleax in hand, Vaako leaped from the balustrade, landed on the floor below, and raced toward the throne.
The Chronicles of Riddick
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However, being almost poleaxed by a runaway motorbike is not usually part of an evening of entertainment.
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Blake was poleaxed by a missile thrown from the crowd.
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All that safe, old fashioned boring will be a poleaxe beteen the eyes for them.
What Happens When Socialism Doesn't Come?
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Unfortunately a handful of the spectators misbehaved - the best knockout of the night left one spectator poleaxed for several minutes.
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If a rugby player or boxer had spent almost 15 minutes unconscious after a taking a heavy tackle or being poleaxed by a crushing right hook, the minimum rest period would be a month.
