ninepins

1 Soon, soon thrones all over the world would topple like ninepins; soon the power of the world would be in new hands.

2 The seven scouts had timed their assault to the moment, and sent their opponents over like ninepins.

3 Her sleek looks, and ability to flirt and make men laugh, saw them fall like ninepins at her high-heeled feet.

4 But you will have to change the name of your Club; you cannot be ninepins any more.

5 In the smaller one lay some garden-tools, but of a less size than a grown man in his strength would use, and by their side were certain toys: tops, hoops, ninepins, and the like.

6 Friendship events planned for the end of the month to mark the 40th anniversary of the resumption of Sino-Japanese ties are falling like ninepins.

7 Clear, quick brains cannot stand Fate's making ninepins of mankind year after year like this.

8 Another game is something like the play of ninepins.

9 Every consideration for oneself goes down like ninepins before the one big thing.

10 There was a time when Liverpool players never seemed to get injured, but now they are going down like ninepins.

利物浦队的队员一度似乎怎么都不会受伤，但现在一倒就倒了一片。

11 No later than yesterday she threw down my ninepins in one of her ill-humours, as she was walking by with her gown all trailing in the dust.'

12 ‘They are all fifty feet high. They’d knock us down like ninepins!’

13 Rosher did the same; and the enemy, who were nothing but a pack of barking curs, went down like ninepins, falling over one another in their efforts to escape.

14 This includes his longtime personal assistant, his blue-collar brother and the women who fall for him like ninepins — all given vibrant life by the director, Neil Pepe, and a cast that finds the individual quirkiness in everyday stereotypes.

15 After leaving Tahiti, cholera, Yellow Jack, fish-poisoning, or some other disease came aboard, and the crew and mate went down before it like ninepins.

16 Beside the different spectacles assembled in this place to attract idlers, strangers and young gentlemen came there to play different games of cards, of dice, ninepins and skittles.

17 For me to take this joy ride meant throwing over a whole day's engagements like so many ninepins.

18 Melanie wasn’t sure they ought to use up one of Marshall’s tenpins; but April pointed out that there was nothing wrong with the game of ninepins.

19 I ordered my men to fix bayonets and charge, which the gallant fellows did splendidly; but we got shot down like ninepins.

20 For Heaven's sake, stop setting up ninepins for other men to knock down.

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