bayonet

Example Sentences

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No one wants to support a movie at the point of a bayonet.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2022

By 1962, when a photo was taken of the statue, the bayonet affixed to the rifle was gone.

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

He was drafted in 1942 and suffered his only Army wound while in basic training, when he accidentally cut his leg with a bayonet.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2021

He shrugged it off, and used the Hessian’s razor-sharp bayonet to help him tear off the bottom of the coat.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis