baton

Example Sentences

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Just like my mother took a brave step and opened up about our family’s depression to me, I took her baton, and let it rip on the Clown Palace stage.

From Salon

LeBron James picked up the baton with 18 over the next two quarters.

From Los Angeles Times

"I wrote him a letter, before they started, passing the baton as it were," he said.

From BBC

Videos circulating on social media showed people pushing the accused man to the ground, kicking him and beating him with batons.

From Seattle Times

Officers who were part of a crime-suppression team known as Scorpion caught up with Nichols and punched him, kicked him and slugged him with a baton as he yelled for his mother.

From Washington Times