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
One woman said: "It has been cloak and dagger throughout this whole process. We can't get a straight answer as to what has changed so drastically to allow the park to be built on?"
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025
Lightning coach Kerwin Walters called this three in the final minute a "dagger."
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025
They each grasp a short dagger, the pugio, in their fists.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024
Absently, and perhaps for some comfort, she let her fingers brush the hilt of the dagger on her hip.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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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