halberd

Example Sentences

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And yet the utter failure of my labors to convince Trump supporters also makes this effort seem quaintly touching, as if the Vatican’s Swiss Guard had charged an armored brigade with their halberds.

From Washington Post

He invited the player and his wife to dinner at his home; Cantona recalled seeing servants in “wigs and carrying halberds: It was like the Middle Ages.”

From New York Times

The Met owns more than 5,000 swords, daggers, halberds and crossbows.

From New York Times

We knew there was an injury on the base of a skull, with a sword or a halberd.

From Washington Post

To survive, you must take a halberd to the thin membrane of social niceties.

From The Verge