truncheon

Example Sentences

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We snap back to the present, where Cortez—that’s the name on the back of the football jersey of this conquistador—flicks down an eye shield and snaps a truncheon to the ready.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 6, 2019

He’s such a menace that it’s tempting to cheer any vituperative critic and grab any handy truncheon.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2018

The eagle motif and helmet were drawn from fascism, the permanently drawn truncheon from police on the picket line, the zips, chains and knee pads from punk.

From The Guardian • Oct. 3, 2018

Somehow with just 19 pro victories he had quick-lipped his way into a world-heavyweight bout with Sonny Liston, the gangsters’ pal with the truncheon fists, against whom he was an 8-1 underdog.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2016

A man with a smooth prizefighter’s jowl in which the mouth was only a slit paused opposite him, balancing his truncheon meditatively between thumb and forefinger.

From "1984" by George Orwell