He stood at the altar and sacrificed the white lamb, his plain knife took its life with one sure stroke.

It licked her face clean with long, sure strokes of its tongue.

Trust the major to respond to such a command with quick, sure strokes.

The divers got the hell out of there, swimming with strong sure strokes for shore.

His father took off the man's head with a single sure stroke.

She reached for her sketchpad and with quick, sure strokes transferred the mental image to paper.

In quick sure strokes, she cuts four equal lengths from the coil.

David began drawing with quick, sure strokes of his charcoal.

"A sure stroke in a vulnerable spot would slay one."

But he lacks the gift for sketching landscape and character in a few sure strokes.