Sentence examples of "poings" in French

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Elle l'attaqua à coups de poings. She attacked him with her fists.
Elle l'a attaqué à coups de poings. She attacked him with her fists.
Il frappa du poing sur la table. He banged on the table with his fist.
Un poing fermé peut être une indication de stress. A closed fist can indicate stress.
Le lâche est le premier à lever le poing. The coward is the first to raise his fist.
Il m'a frappé au visage avec son poing. He struck me in the face with his fist.
Elle leva le poing, comme si elle voulait me frapper. She raised her fist as if to hit me.
La statue montre Lincoln, un poing fermé et l'autre détendu. The statue shows Lincoln with one fist clenched and the other relaxed.
Le cœur d'un homme est à peu près aussi grand que son poing. A man's heart is about as large as his fist.
Les roues arrière de ce tracteur ont des roulements à bille de la taille de mon poing. The back wheels on that tractor have ball bearings the size of my fist.
Une dispute éclata dans l'enceinte du hall de la convention, et les coups de poing se mirent immédiatement à pleuvoir. An argument broke out on the floor of the convention hall and in no time fists were flying.
Christophe Colomb était connu pour arrêter habituellement son réveille-matin d'un puissant coup de poing. Malheureusement, en ce temps là, son réveille-matin était son Second. Christopher Columbus was notorious for repeatedly snoozing his alarm clock by hitting it with his fist. Unfortunately, his "alarm clock" was usually his first mate.
Ma fille dort à poings fermés. My daughter is fast asleep.
Le bébé dort à poings fermés. The baby is fast asleep.
Le bébé semblait dormir à poings fermés. The baby seemed to be fast asleep.
Lorsque nous arrivâmes chez nous hier au soir, les autres étaient déjà au lit et dormaient à poings fermés. When we got home last night, the others were already in bed and fast asleep.
Il est pieds et poings liés. He's bound hand and foot.
Le voleur était pieds et poings liés. The thief was bound hand and foot.
J'ai trouvé le garçon dormant à poings fermés. I found the boy sound asleep.
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