The ice punched a fist-sized hole in the ship's hull. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 24, 2007] Reference
Kirtn looked around until he found a fist-sized stone. From Wordnik.com. [Fire Dancer]
The man gave Jemmy a fist-sized chunk of bread, then water. From Wordnik.com. [Destiny's Road]
He had scraped up a fist-sized rock from the damp forest floor. From Wordnik.com. [Die Trying]
They took shelter from a sudden storm of fist-sized hailstones. From Wordnik.com. [Deathworld] Reference
The point of fusion swelled rapidly into a double fist-sized lump. From Wordnik.com. [First Lensman]
Kharl pulled away a fist-sized chunk, holding it in his left hand. From Wordnik.com. [Wellspring of Chaos]
Davey bounced a fist-sized stone off his head, right over his ear. From Wordnik.com. [Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town] Reference
Low was leaning over to inspect a fist-sized hole in the cliff face. From Wordnik.com. [The Dig]
Gord had earlier found a fist-sized stone and tied it into the cloth. From Wordnik.com. [Night Arrant]
My fist-sized chop is glazed in a sugary, thick-as-molasses marinade. From Wordnik.com. [Cloned Beef (and Pork and Milk): It's What's for Dinner] Reference
It was bloodstained, and he searched until he found a fist-sized stone. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Heorot]
Long he held in his hand a fist-sized ivory carving of a fat dimpled baby. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
The prince retreated into the passage and found a smooth, fist-sized rock. From Wordnik.com. [The Veiled Dragon]
Mishra opened it with his left hand and pulled the fist-sized rock from it. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers' War]
Even when her heart was a fist-sized lump rattling in her empty, aching chest. From Wordnik.com. [One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze]
This fist-sized octopus in Australia combs the ocean floor in search of coconuts. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2009] Reference
I'm digging dozens of fist-sized holes, squeezing thyme and saxifrage into cracks. From Wordnik.com. [Back to the Garden] Reference
Tull pulled his knife and Elashi her sword, while Lalo bent for a fist-sized rock. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Indomitable]
Frustrated, I grabbed a hammer and pounded a fist-sized hole through the wallboard. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
More blips -- and fist-sized chunks of rock flicked through their fragile vehicles. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
The crowd would be coming from the Texas line, cowmen with fist-sized wads of money. From Wordnik.com. [Stallion Gate]
He found a fist-sized stone in the field's mud and used it to break the dragoon's jaw. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Prey]
Inside was a jumble of fist-sized coils of very thin wire, each in shrink-wrap plastic. From Wordnik.com. [State of fear]
They're actually fist-sized organs in the mid-upper back towards the side (the flanks). From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jon LaPook: Body Language: Knowing Your Parts] Reference
Several fist-sized globes of red fire emerged from above the dark doorway in the temple. From Wordnik.com. [The End of the Matter]
Here he lifted two fist-sized stones and stood with his arms hanging loosely by his sides. From Wordnik.com. [Ghost King]
A fist-sized rock placed on top of a stack of papers safeguards them against blowing away. From Wordnik.com. [Craig McCord: A Good Day's Work] Reference
Cal felt it in his throat, stinging, even as his foot crunched down on a fist-sized spider. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Brothers]
Nurse Dobbs took her hands and inserted them into the fist-sized width of two leather straps. From Wordnik.com. [Honorbound]
As it did soRanji spied a fist-sized stone, snatched it up, aimed and threw all in one motion. From Wordnik.com. [The False Mirror]
Monofilament longlines are stocked with fist-sized fragments of highly productive seaweed strains. From Wordnik.com. [4 Coastal Mariculture] Reference
His blank stare rested on a hand-sized lump of white-ish brown fish and a fist-sized mound of doughy bread. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew] Reference
"There's something satisfying about doing things yourself," he said, plucking a fist-sized tomato from a jungle of head-high vines. From Wordnik.com. [An Economist Goes Country] Reference
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