dagger
Example Sentences
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“You won’t be in the shadows forever,” Blake tells his intrepid team members—who, like the real-life Mr. Stanton, still maintain the cloak, if not the dagger.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
The dagger appeared to be a fastbreak dunk by Alperen Sengun to give the Rockets a 101-95 lead and eventually the ball with the crowd roaring and barely 30 seconds left.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026
The novel’s satisfying denouement is assured when a disgraced former colleague of Ben’s, gloriously named Richard Take, accepts the proverbial dagger from Martin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
The meeting where councillors selected Whitegates was also not minuted, prompting claims of a "cloak and dagger process" from protestors.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025
They took away some small weapons—a dagger for each of them—and some long votola cloaks that Alfhercht wordlessly insisted they take.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Vocabulary lists containing dagger
"Macbeth": Act 1 Scene 7
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 5
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How I Became a Ghost
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