His chain mail stopped the blow, but the impact numbed his arm.

He managed to stop the blow and hold onto her wrist as she stood glaring at him.

Because he was anchored to his stool, he was able to stop the blow.

Daniel caught his wrist with his right hand and stopped the blow in the air.

I hadn't stopped the blow in time.

It did not stop the blow and the blade crushed his neck.

Its power lifted him off the floor, but Cody's weight stopped the blow before it fell.

Except somehow, impossibly, his hand was there in time to grab her wrist and stop the blow well short of its target.

We can't stop the blow that will fall, but at least we can brace ourselves for when it hits.

He shifted and stopped the blow in time.