bayonet

Example Sentences

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In fact, the French more or less conquered Southern California, not by the bayonet but by the corkscrew.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025

The bayonet had to go, perhaps, because there had been complaints that the statue “should carry a wreath instead of a rifle,” said a Seattle Times story in Oct.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2022

The officers pulled him over on the 500 block of South Capitol Street SW and saw a bayonet and machete inside his truck.

From Washington Times • Sep. 13, 2021

Gloria Richardson pushed aside a bayonet as a ’60s civil rights activist.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2020

When he snapped it open the tin soldier began trembling so much that the bayonet slipped from his tiny hands.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke