masterstroke

How To Use masterstroke In A Sentence

• But yesterday she pulled off a masterstroke when she stepped on to the stage. The Sun
• Perhaps Opechancanough thought his masterstroke would impel the whites to withdraw. Between War and Peace
• Having this man in the Lords on their behalf is not a 'masterstroke' but more like bad luck. John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...
• It was another masterstroke of man-management. Times, Sunday Times
• Compared to this, that whole tuition fees business seems like a political masterstroke. Times, Sunday Times
• It is not as if it is a tactical masterstroke. Times, Sunday Times
• It appeared to be a political masterstroke. Times, Sunday Times
• In a masterstroke of casting, He plays Vanya as a bored and disappointed man who entertains himself by playing the Glasgow wind-up merchant.
• Which seems less like a masterstroke than a tricky compromise hastily designed to quell a rebellion. The Sun
• Of course, there is a way that the new viaduct plan might fairly be called a masterstroke and a bargain. Crosscut