lance

Example Sentences

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The scene that best defines the story’s idealism happens long before Dunk gets clunked in the head or skewered by a lance.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

Saint George is widely known as Christianity's most famous dragon slayer and is commonly depicted as a warrior holding a lance.

From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026

Two opposing galaxies play the role of knights, with one galaxy pointing a lance made of pure radiation right at the other!

From Space Scoop • May 21, 2025

He enlisted in May 2022 and was promoted to lance corporal in August 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025

It is one of those works from which the cold lance of criticism glances without piercing ...

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall