poleaxe in a sentence

Examples

1. Since then the stock market has been poleaxed by earnings disappointments, recession talk and cautionary congressional testimony by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.
2. The duel was to consist of three bouts of mounted lance followed by three bouts each of dismounted poleaxe, estoc, and dagger.
3. Modern methods, such as the captive bolt pistol and electric tongs were required and the Act's wording specifically outlawed the poleaxe.
4. Broad outpointed future cruiserweight world title-challenger Patrick Lumumba but went to South Africa and was poleaxed in 4 rounds by Johnny DuPlooy.
5. I fell into a deep sleep, as writer Christine Jerome once said, as if I'd been " poleaxed ."
6. To prove his point, Parcells gave the ball to Martin Monday night, and he was summarily poleaxed at the one-yard line.
7. Brandishing his poleaxe, Xu came for Wen but had to retreat when a band of enemy soldiers came to their commander's rescue.
8. Richard was slain during the battle, supposedly by the major Welsh landowner Rhys ap Thomas with a blow to the head from his poleaxe.
9. And like " Minority Report " and " Road to Perdition, " it's about a father poleaxed by loss.
10. This franchise has been poleaxed by its signature running back, the erratic Ricky Williams, who chose to retire in July just before camp opened.