knife

Example Sentences

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Ministers hope to halve knife crime over the next 10 years as part of a plan called Protecting Lives, Building Hope.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Nevertheless, investors should watch Bitcoin through the long weekend with the Middle East situation on a knife edge and market-moving news all but inevitable.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

“Equipped with a prosthesis simulating a glass eye over his pupil,” we are told, Mr. Day-Lewis “practiced hitting it with the tip of his knife without batting an eyelid.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

When baked, the streusel should form a craggy, golden crust that cracks gently under a knife.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

My father climbed down from the ridge and gathered up his things—his knife and his harpoon with the long rope fastened to it.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell