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

It is a story of neighbours at daggers drawn.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2024

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

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2024

On the flagstone paving beneath both lanterns there were old plantation pots in which Spanish daggers grew and extended their sharply pointed stilettos.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole