dagger
Example Sentences
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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 built on that momentum, and with 37 seconds left, Thornton delivered the dagger: a three-pointer that sealed a hard-fought win.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025
Lightning coach Kerwin Walters called this three in the final minute a "dagger."
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
