But even while he was striking blows against the empire, his rebellion seemed almost wholesome.

She was knocked to her knees by striking blows from behind.

But now Shiina was upon him, striking blow after blow.

"No striking blows for the revolution just because I'm in a bad mood."

"You see," he said, "the hands are good for more than striking blows."

He fights like a maid-kicking and striking puny blows.

All through it he kept striking blows to his right and left ahead and behind, and above and below.

It was a striking blow at our morale.

A punch is a striking blow with the closed fist.