daggers

Example Sentences

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Some fought with only a trident; some fought mounted on horseback; some on chariot; others on foot with helmet and short sword; some with two daggers; still others exclusively fought wild beasts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Here, the evildoers receive sumptuous cloaks along with their metaphorical daggers.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

Simone Biles stared daggers at the big screen as she waited.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2024

All that stops the ship from moving now are a pair of "daggers" - hinged steel levers held in place by steel pins.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2024

From his artist’s fingers sprang objects of such wonderful beauty—cups, bowls, boxes, necklaces, daggers, great golden collars, bracelets, exquisite amulets—that Pharaoh himself would be served by no other smith.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw