shiv
Example Sentences
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Sharp as a shiv but wickedly playful, Nick Harkaway's near-future noir sends Cal Sounder, an all too human detective, into the realm of literal giants.
From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023
His people have said he plans to be strategic with his criticisms — more shiv than sledgehammer.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2023
In “The Playboy of the Western World,” audiences gain access to a long-standing Irish tradition of playwrights with a yen for the dramatic shiv.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2022
Volkswagen favored the switchblade key, which slid out of the fob like a shiv.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2021
The story “White Noise,” published this summer in the New Yorker but not included in “Daddy,” brings Cline’s work to a sharper point; it’s like a prison shiv carved out of a toothbrush.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2020
