Ten Strike

At his lowest ebb, when his black suit was in pawn, he made a ten-strike - or so it seemed to him — in a prize contest arranged by the County ❋ Unknown (2010)

But it was when Daughtry and Michael first sang "Roll me Down to Rio" together, that the ten-strike was made. ❋ Unknown (2010)

“I felt it would have been a ten-strike had we been able to get him.” ❋ JAMES S. HIRSCH (2010)

GREENFIELD: That appeal was a ten-strike, hitting directly at the block Nixon most coveted: traditional blue collar Democrats for whom patriotism was a powerful political motivator. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Twain said in a letter to his friend William Dean Howells, the editor of The Atlantic Monthly, that Orion "wrote me jubilantly of what a ten-strike he was going to make with that speech." ❋ Unknown (2001)

“If we can take him away from the Soviets, that would be a ten-strike,” I replied.3 ❋ George P. Shultz (1993)

“This Nicaragua event is a ten-strike,” I told him. ❋ George P. Shultz (1993)

While such appeals occasionally make a ten-strike, the average correspondent must rely upon logic and "reasons why" in making his appeal to men. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

The rest, Kennicott hinted, she'd better leave till he "made a ten-strike." ❋ Unknown (1920)

Dr. Hubers, that his life will be ruined if he doesn't get it, and that he's going to make all kinds of a ten-strike, if he does. ❋ Susan Glaspell (1915)

Who knows but that he may make his ten-strike here after all? ❋ Jackson Gregory (1912)

At his lowest ebb, when his black suit was in pawn, he made a ten-strike - or so it seemed to him - in a prize contest arranged by the County ❋ Unknown (1908)

Of course he's on hand, and a "ten-strike" he makes, ❋ Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1907)

If he could only find out something that Deborah Badger was particular interested in, then he believed he could make a ten-strike. ❋ Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1907)

Made a ten-strike with Mrs.T. this afternoon for sure. ❋ Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1907)

[Mike] is [killing it]. He is really [ten strike] right now! ❋ A-Aron Smith (2019)